288.    "TABLES.     Select  Fables  of  JEsop,  with  an  English  Trans- 

-T     lation  more  Literal  than  any  yet  extant.     By  H.  Clarke. 

First  Boston  Edition.     i2mo,  muslin.  Bost.    1787 


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An  Englijh  TRANSLATION, 

More  LITERAL  than  any  yet  extant, 

Defigned  for  the  Readier  INSTRUCTION 
of  BEGINNERS  in  the  Latin  'Tongue. 

By   H.    CLARKE, 

TEACHER  of  the  LATIN   LANGUAGE. 


The  FIRST   BOSTON    EDITION,"  from    a    Copy  of  the  latelt 
Edition  printed  in  LONDON. 


BOSTON: 

Printed  by  SAMUEL  HALL,  in  State-Street. 
1787, 


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PREFACE. 


WHOEVER  hath  duly  confidered  the  great 
Difficulty  there  is  in  our  firfl  encountering 
with  the  Idioms  of  the  Latin  Tongue,  the  Variety  of 
Englijh  Words,  which  will  fometimes  anfwer  to  one 
Latin  one,  with  the  many  Miftakes  which  Boys  rnuft 
naturally  be  liable  to,  who  cannot  immediately  form 
any  tolerable  Judgment  of  the  Thing  which  They 
are  engaged  in  j  muft  furely,  in  fome  Meafure,  be 
brought  to  acknowledge,  that  the  having  Things  ex- 
plained and  cleared  up  to  thejr  Underftandings,  as 
They  go  along,  is  the  bed  and  only  Means  of  mak- 
ing Them  eager  and  defirous  to  learn.  And  here, 
perhaps,  It  may  be  fomewhat  of  a  real  Help  to  throw 
the  Language  into  a  yet  more  eafy  Light,  and  to  de- 
fcend  a  little  lower,  than  Others  have  hitherto  fub- 
mitted  Themfelves  tqj^For  I  will  not  refufe  to 
own,  that  I  am  apprehenfive,  the  Fear  of  too  great  a 
Baldnefs  in  the  Tranflation  hath  deterred  even  Thofe, 
who  have  carried  this  Affair  farther  than  was  at  firft 
imagined  it  could  ever  have  gone,  from  rendering  ic 
fo  plain,  that  Children  might  ftill  the  more  readily 

come 


2  PREFACE. 

come  into  the  Knowledge  of  the  Conftruftion,  and 
form  a  better  and  quicker  Idea  of  the  different  Parts 
of  Speech. 

Things  relating  to  InftrucYion  cannot  well  be  made 
too  eafy  j  but  to  write  in  the  Terms  of  a  Pedant,  or 
in  fuch  a  Lownefs,  or  Poverty  of  ExprefTion^  as 
dwindleth  almoft  into  Nonfenfe,  is  a  Hardfhip  too 
great  to  be  fubmitted  to  by  any  Man  of  Spirit.  But 
alas !  Freedom  of  Stile  is  one  Thing,  and  literal  Tranf- 
lation  another  ;  and  the  bed  Way  to  commence  an 
Acquaintance  with  any  Language,is  firft  to  read  a  great 
deal  of  a  verbal  Tranflation.  When  fingle  Words 
have  been  apprehended  rightly,  a  Number  of  them 
may  be  readily  put  together,  the  remembering  that 
fuch  a  Word  is  Latin-- for  fuch  a  Thing  affording 
Learners  the  greateft  Pleafure  and  Incitement  to- 
wards the  making  a  Progrefs  more  confiderable  j 
whereas,  by  attempting  the  Conftrufbion  of  Phrafes 
too  foon,  they  become  loft,  and  bewildered  in  a  Maze. 

It  hath  been  thought  proper  therefore  to  make  the 
Englijh  Words  here  to  anfwer  to  the  Latin,  as  gram- 
matically as  pofiible  -3  and,  where  more  expreffive 
Ones  might  often  have  been  made  Ufe  of,  Thofe, 
which  are  moft  ufually  met  with,  have  been  judged 
the  moft  convenient  j  the  varying  the  Phrafe  too 

much 


PREFACE.  3 

much  at  firft  tending  rather  to  confound,  than  graft 
any  Thing  in  the  Memory. 

*  A  new  Edition  ofJSfop,  with  the  Latin  and  Eng- 
UJh  each  in  their  diftinft  Columns,  had  been  long 
ago  wifhed  for  ;  but,  as  Mr.  Locke  had  before  fuf- 
fered  an  Interlineary  Verfion  of  it  to  be  printed  with 
his  Name  in  the  Title  Page,  it  is  highly  probable, 
Nobody  would  venture  to  undertake  fuch  a  Thing  ; 
altho'  You  are  told  in  the  Preface,  that  the  Defign 
was  to  help  Thofe,  who  had  not  the  Opportunity  or 
Leifure  to  learn  the  Latin  Language  by  Grammar  ; 
which,  confequently,  did  not  lead  Him  to  have  the 
EngHJh  made  with  the  greateft  grammatical  Striflnefs 
to  the  Latin,  and  left  Room  for  fomething  to  be  at- 
tempted, which  might  bejafforded  at  an  eafier  Rate, 
and  what  might  better  anfwer  the  Purpofes  of  a  Com- 
mon School-Book. 

Upon  the  whole,  You  have  here  a  Collection  of 
the  greateft  Part  of  the  Fables  done  in  an  eafier  Man- 
ner, than  any  yet  extant  -,  and  the  farther  You  enter 
into  the  Book,  You  will  find  fuch  little  Liberties*  tak- 
en in  the  Exfrcffton,  as  may  naturally  fuit  with  tender 
Capacities,  whilfl  the  Judgment  ripens  by  Degrees. 

Befides,  the  Advantage  of  the  Roman  and  Italick 

Characters 
*  Vide  PREFACE  to  CLARKE'S  CORDERY.          **   • 


4  PREFACE. 

Characters  being  alternately  ufed  for  the  better  In- 
ftruflion  of  Young  Beginners,  this  Tranjlation  is  "Con- 
trived to  anfwer  Line  for  Line  throughout ;  and  Care 
hath  been  generally  taken  to  avoi^i  the  Breaks  of 
Words  fo  frequent  in  Things  of  this  feature,  that  it  is 
next  to  an  Impoflibility  now  to  miftake. 


SELECTS 


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SELECTS 
F  AEU  L  M    JESOP  I. 

SELECT 

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FABLES   of  MS  OP. 


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FABLE     I. 

Zk  GALLO.  0/theCocK. 

GAllus,       </«»»      vertit  A      Cock,    ivhiljl  he   turns  up 

Vtercorarium,   offendit  J.JL     a         Dunghill,            finds 

Gemmam,      inquiens,      ^a/J  a         Jewel,          faying,         /^y 

reperio  /?^m   tam   nitidam  ?  do   I    find    a    Thing    fo     bright  ? 

Si  Gemmarius   reperiiTet   ^Vfc;  If  a   Jeweller  had    found    'J/ta% 

Nihil              ejfet            Isetius  Nothing    would  be    more    joyful 

/-'<?,          ut       Qui          fciret  Man  /T,?,    as    Who   would    know 

Prettum  :       '  (,hmlem       eft  the      Price  :           Indeed      //      is 

n\dli   Ufui   Mihi,  nee  ceftimo  of  no  Ufe  to  Me,  «<?>•  do  I  efleem  it 

Jlfagni  ;          jmo         cquidem  at     a  great     Rate  ;      nay     indeed 

mallem         Granum       Hor-  I  had  rather  have  a  Grain  of  Bar- 

dei  omnibus  Gemtms.  ley  than  all  Jewels. 

MORALE,  The  MORAL. 

Intellige^r  Gemmarfly^r-  Underftand       ly     the     Jewel 

tf.m  &  Sapicntiam  ;  per  Gal-  Art   and  JVifdom  ;    by    /^<?    Co^, 

'»Wg    Honn'.n-rm  jlolidum    &  a           Man          j'oclijh              and 


a        SELECT  FABLES  OF 


voluptarlum  ;  nee  Stulti 
amant  liberates  Artcs,  cum 
nefciant  Ufum  earum  ; 
nee  Voluptarius,  quippe 
Voluptas_/o/a  placeat  Ei. 


•voluptuous ;  neither  Foolt 
love  liberal  Arts,  ivhen 
they  know  not  the  UJe  of  them  ; 
nor  a  voluptuous  Man,  lecaufc 
Plcafure  alone  pleafcs  him. 


FAB 

&  UMBRA. 

CAnis  tranans  fluvium, 
•uehebat  Carnem  Ricfu  ; 
Sole  fplendente,  Umbra 
Carnis  lucebat  in  Aquis  : 
Quarn  I  lie  •  widens,  &  a  vide 
captans,  perdidit  Quod  erat 
in  Faucibus  :  Itaq;  fertuifus 
Jadura  &  Ref  fc? 
Sgei,  frimum  ftupuit  ;  de- 
inde  recipiens  Minimum  fie 
elatravit  :  Mifer  !  Modus 
deerat  fus  Cupiditati  : 
Erat  fatis  fuferguf, 

iii          defjpuffis,  Jam,^ 

per     tuam     Stultitiam,       eft 
minus  Nihilo  Tibi. 

Mo  s. 

Sit  -Modus          tuae 

,  Cupiditati,         ne         arriltta$ 
erta     ro    incertis. 


L  E    II. 

0/"the  DOG  <Wthe  SHADOW. 

A  "Dog Swimming  over  a  River, 
carried  Flefh  /n  ^/'j  Chaps  ; 
the  Sun  Jhining,  the  Shadow 
o/"/^  J^/2//&  (hone  *'n  the  Waters  ; 
•which  he  feeing,  and  greedily 
catching  at,  /o/?  what  wa^ 
in  his  Jaws  :  Therefore  Jlruck 
with  the  Lofclgftof  th^hinga/^ 
his  Hope,  atJtytKc  wfi'amazed  ; 
afterwards  taEThg  Courage  thui 
/)<•  barked  out  :  Wretch  !  Modern-  ' 
tlon  was  wanting  to  thy  Defire  : 
There  ivas  enough,  and  too  tnuchj 
unlefs  thou  hadft  been  mad.  Now, 
thro1  thy  Folly,  there  13 
left  than  Nothing  for  Thee. 

MOR. 

Let  there  be  Moderation  to  thy 
Defire,  left  thou  lofc 

certain  things  for  uncertain. 


FAB 

De  LUPO  &  GRUE. 

DU  M      Lupus      vorat 
Ovem,       forte        Of  a 
haefere       in     GuU,      ambit, 
«uat  Of  em.  Nemo  opitu'atnr  ; 
Omnes  diSitant,    cum  tvlijfi 
Premium  futt    Voracitatis  : 
Ttimfi'tn      multii      Blandltits 
piti- 


L  E     III. 

Of  the  WOLF  and  the  CRANE. 

WHilft  a  Wolf  devonreth 
a  Sheep ,by  chance  theBonet 
ftuck  in  his  Throat  ;  He  goes  about, 
aflvs  Helpt  Nobody  ajfijls  ; 
All  fay,  that  he  ^5  ^or 
the  Reward  of  his  Greedinefs  : 
At  length,  with  many  Flatteries 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

inducit 


pluribufq;  Prompt 
Gruem,  ut, 
Collo  Infer  to  in  Gulam, 
eximeret  Os  infixum. 
Verum  illufit  Ei  pctcnti 
Preemium,  inquicns,  Inepta, 
abi,  non  habss  fat,  quod 
vivis  ?  Deles  tuam  V'ttam 
Mihi  ;  ft  vellem,  poteram 
pnemordere  tuum  Collum. 


and  more  Promifes,  He  draws  in 
the  Crane,  that  her  very  long 
Neck  being  thru/I  into  his  Throat, 
She  wouldpulloat/^fjifoffe  fixed  in, 
./?«/  He  played  upon  /fcr  afking 
a  Reward,  faying,  Fool* 
go  away,  hajl  thou  not  enough,  that 
thou  livefl  ?  Ty5o«  o-wejl  thy  Z.//£? 
to  Me  ;  if  I  would,  /  was  all: 
to  bite  off  thy  Neck. 


MOR. 

MOR. 

Quod 

fads 

ingrato, 

What  thou  doejl  for  the  ungrateful 

peril. 

*erijbeth' 

FAB 

JD<?  RUSTICO  y 

COLUBRO. 

RUfticus   tulit    Dorhum 
Colubrum  repertum  in 
"Kivetprofe  encftum  Frig  ore  ; 
adjicit  dd         Focum  : 

Coluber  recipient  Vim, 
Virufqne,  deinde  non  fercns 
Flamrnam,  infecit  omne  Tu~ 
gurium  Sibilando.  Ruflicus 
corripiens  Sudem  accurrit, 
&  expoftulat  -fnjuriam 
cum  Eo  Verbis  Verberibufq; 
Num  referrcl  has 

Gr  alias  ?  Num  eriperet 
Vitatn  ////',  Qui  dedtrat 
Vitam  Illi  ? 

MOR. 

Interdum         jit, 
o^f«/r  Tibi, 

Tu  profueris  ;  &  // 
antur  male  de  TV,  dc 
Tu  meritusfis  bene, 


ut 


L  E     IV. 

0/"the  COUNTRYMAN  /ro^ 
the   SNAKE, 

A  Countryman \lrougbt  Home 
a  Snake  found  ia 
the  Snow,  almojl  dead  with  Cold ; 
He  » lays  him  to  the  Fire  ; 
The  Snake  recovering  Strength , 
and  Poifon,  then  not  bearing 
the  Flame,  filed  all  the  Co/S 
tagevrhh  Hiffing.  The  Countryman 
fnatching  a  Stake  runs  up^ 
and  expoftulates  the  Injury 
with  ///.«  in  Words  and  JBto-wst 
Whether  he  would  return  thefc 
Thanh  ?  Whether  He  wottldtake 
Life  from  Iiimt  Who  had  given 
Life  to  Him  ? 

MOR. 

Sometimes  it  happens,  that 
they  are  hurtful  to  Thee,  ivhom. 
Thou  hajl  profited ;  and  They  de- 
ferve  ill  of  77j^  of  Whom 
Thou  /**/?  deferred  well. 

fl  F  A  fe  L  E 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE    V. 


De  APRO  y  ASINO. 

DUM  insrs  Afmus  ir  ri- 
del at  Aprum,  Ille 
jndignans  frendebat.  Jgna- 
viflime,  fueras  quidem 
merlins  Malura  ;  fed  etiamfi 
fuzris  dignus  Pand,  tamen 
Ego  fum  indignus,  qui  puni- 
am  Te.  Ride  tutus  ;  nam 
es  tutus  ob  Inert'iam. 

Mot. 

Dem  us  Operam,  ut 
cum  audiamus,  au/  patiamur 
indigna  Nobis,  ne  dicamus, 
autfaciatnus  indigna  Nolls. 
Nam  mali  &  perditi  ple- 
rurnq;  gaudent,  fi  ^L"//1 
/>/affi  bonorurtt  rejiftat 
iis  ;  pendent  Magni, 
.Sj  haberi  dignos 

Ultione.  Imitemur  Equo?, 
&  raagnas  Be/lias,  Qjui 
pratercunt  oblatrantts 

Canlculoi  cum  Contemptu. 


Of  the  BOAR  c«<^the  Ass. 


W 


(d  at  the  Boar,  He 
fretting  gnq/bed  his  teeth.  Moft 
flothful  Wretch,  then  haft  indeed 
deferred  Evil  ;  but  although  thoit 
baft  been  worthy  of  Punljlmenty  yet 
/  am  unfit,  who  may  pit- 
n'sjh  Thee.  Laugh  fecure,  for 
thou  artfafe  for  thy  Sluggl/Jonefs. 

MOR. 

Let  us  give  an  Endeavour,  that 
'when  we  hear,  or  endure 
Things  unworthy  of  ns,  We  do  not  fay, 
or  do  Things  unworthy  of  Us. 
For  bad  and  /£/?  Men  gene- 
rally rejoice  ,  if  Any 

one  of  the  good  "  re/rjt 
them  ;  they  value  It  at  a  great  Rate, 
that  they  are  accounted  worthy 
of  Revenge.  Z/f/  us  imitate  Horfes, 
and  great  Beajls,  who 
/#/)  ^y  barking 

Curs  with   Contempt. 


F  A       L  E    VI. 


Zk  AQUILA  & 

CORSICULA. 

AQuila     r.aSa     Cochle- 
am,  non  qulvlt   erucre 
Vi,        out     Arte. 
Cornicula        accede  ns        dat 
Condlivian,  fvadet  fubvolare, 
t/1     c    fublimi      praecipitare 
Coohleam     in     5a.va  ,*     nam 
fc      fore,        »/        Cochlea 
Jrangalur.  Cornicula 

Humi,  .   ut 

P.rxdolctur  Cafum  : 

Aquila 


0/~the  EAGLE  and 
the  JACKDAW. 

AN  Eagle  having  got  a  Coc- 
kle, was  not  able  to  get  out  \ 
the     Fl/b    by     Force,     or     Art. 
The  Jackdaw    coming    up   gives 
Counlel,  perfuades  her  to  fly  up, 
and  from  on  high  to  throw  down 
the  Cockle  upon  the  Sfoiies  ;  for  that 
fa   it  would    be  that   the   Cockle 
would  be  broken.     The  Jackdaw 
flays      on      the      Ground,      th-.t 
(he       may      watch    the     Full . 
The  Eagle 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP. 


Aquila  pracipitat  ; 

Telia  frangilur  ;  Pifcis 
fubripitur  a  Cornicula  ; 
elufa  Aquila  dolet. 

MoV. 

Noli         baler  e         Fid  em 
Omnibus  &  fac 

infpicias  Gonfdium,  quod 
accept ris  ab  Aliis  ; 

nam  Multi  confulti  ncn 
confulunt  J-jis  Con- 
s,/^Sibi. 


The  Eagle  throws  it  down  ; 
The  Shell  is  broken  ;  The  Fifk 
Is f natched  atvtiy  by  the  Jackdaw  / 
the  deluded  Eagle  grieves. 

Mo  a. 

Be  not  willing  to  have  Faitk 
in  all  Mcnt  and  do 
you  look  into  the  Counfel,  which 
you  have  received  from  others  ; 
for  Many  being  confulted  do  not 
counfcl  for  their  Cori- 
fultors,  but  for  Themfelves. 


FAB 

De   CORVO   £5* 

VULFECULA. 

COrvus  naclus  Prsedara, 
Jlrepltat  in  Ramis  s 
Vulpecula  viJet  Eum  ge- 

jllentemt  accurrit  :  F"ulpes, 
inquit,  impertit  Corvum 

plurima  Salute.  Stepenumero 
audiveram,  Farnam  efie 

•Mendacemt  jam  experior  Re 
ipfa  :  Nam,  ut  forte  prx- 
lereo  hac,  fufpicifns  Te  in 
Arbere,  advo/o,  culpans 
Famam  :  Num  Fama  eft,  Te 
tffe  nigriorem  Pice,  £3*  video 
te  candidiorem  Nive.  Sane  in 
meo  jfudicio  vincis  Cygnttt* 
&  w  formofior  alba 
Hedera.  Quod  fi,  «/  ex- 
cellas  -/«  Plumis,  «Va  & 
*Vocet  equidem  dicerem  te 
Rfginam  omnium  Av'mm. 
Corvus  illeclus  hac  AJfen- 
tiuncula,  apparat  ad 
canendum.  i^ero  Cafeus 
excidit  e  Rojlro  ;  Quo 
ccrrepto  Vulpecula, 

tol/it 


L  E     VII. 

0/"the  CROW  and 
the  Fox. 

A  Crow  having  got  a  Prey, 
makes aNoifrintheBranches  : 
the  Fox  y^  Him  re- 
joicing, runs  up  :  The  Fox, 
fays  her,  compliments  the  Crow 
w/V/6  wry  wzwrA  Health.  Very  often 
luul(  I  heard,  /^  Faw^  was 
«  J^tar,  now  IJind  it  in  the  Faft 
/(^  .'  For,  as  by  Chance 
^y  this  way,  feeing  You 
the  Tree,  1  fly  to  you,  blaming 
Fame  :  For  toe  Report  is,  that  you 
are  blacker  than  Pitch,  <?«</  I  fee 
you  whiter  than  Snow.  Truly  in 
my  judgment 
and  are  fairer  Man 
Ivy.  But  if,  flj  you  e£- 
cel  in  Feathers,  you  do  fo  a!(.> 
in  Voice,  truly  /  Jlioitld  call  yau 
//'?•  j^/w«  of  all  A'/v/f. 
The  Crow  allured  by  this  Fiat- 
tery,  prepares 

fing.          But          the  Cheefe 

fell     from     /6/V     Beak  ;      Which. 
foV/f    fnatcbed     by    the      Fox, 


6        SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

toUit      Cachinnurn  :       Turn  he  fets    up    a    Laughter  :     Then 

demum      Corvus,       Pudore  at      lad      the      Crow,       Shame 

juaffo           Ja&urse          Ret,  being  Joined  to  the  Lofs  of  the  Thing  t 

dolet.  gricvelh. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Nonnulli  funt    tarn    avidi  Some         are         fo         grf(dy 

Laudis,     ut     ament     AJfen-  of  Praife,   that  they  love   a  Flat- 

tatorem  cum  fuo   Probro   &  terer  with  their  own  Difgrace  and 

Damno.     JHomundones  hiijus  Damage.         Men         of         this 

Modi  funt  Pr<ed<(  Parafito.  Kind  are  a  Prey  to  the  Parafite. 

Quod     li     vitajjes     Jaftan-  But    if  you    had   avoided    Boaft- 

tiam,          facile         vitaveris  ing,  eajily  would  you  have  avoided 

peftiferum        Genus       Affen-  the     peftilent     Race     of     Flatter- 

tatorutn.    Si     Tu    velis    ejfe  ers.      If    Thou  art    willing  to   be 

Thrafo,      Gnatho     nufqtiam  a      Thrafo,     a      Gnaths      never 

deerit  Tibi.  will  be  wanting  to  Thee. 

FABLE     VIII. 

DfCAKE  &?  ASIKO.  0/"the  DOG  and  the  Ass. 

DUM  Canit  blandiretur  "YlfTHilfl   the  Dog  fawned  on 

Hero      &         Fan-jlitt  VV      b'uMafler  and  the  Family t 

Herus  £ff  Familia  demulcent  the  Mafter  a«</  the  Family Jiroke 

Cai.em.        jf/kStft      videns  the     Dog.        The    Afiy     feeing 

id,     gemit    altifftme  ;     Nam  that,     groans     moft     deeply  ;     for 

eepit             pigerc            Sor-  he  began  to  be  weary  of  his  Con- 

tis  :     Putat    iaique    com  pa-  dition  :   He  thinks  it  unjuflly  or- 

ratum,      Canem     efle    ^ra-  dered,  that  the  Dog  fhould  be  ac- 

tum          cunCtis,         pafcique  ceptablt     to     all,      and     be    fed 

herili             ItLnfd,             &  fiom    ins    Matter's     Table,    and 

confequl            Hoc             Otto  thai  he  fhould  gel  This   by    IJlenef: 
Ludoque  :       f'S^fe        cono  and   Piay  :    that  Himftlf  on   the 

tra         portare          Clitcllas,  contrary     carried    the     Dorfcrs, 

«tiR            Flagello,           ejfe  ±tuas  beaten  with  the  Whip,  was 

nunquaaa    otiofum,    &   tamen  :tfiever           idlet           and          y*t 

odioi'um     funSit.       Si     hsc  .odious     to    all.       If    thffe    things 

fisnt        Btanditlls,        ftatuit  "are  done  by  Pa-tunings,  he  refolvcf 

J'eSari    cam    Artem,    qux  jtt  to   follow     that     Art>     which     it 

tarn      iit.lts.'*      Igitur     quo-  to  profitable.     Therefore  on  a  cer- 

diim      Tcmpore       tentaturus  tain.       Time       about        to       try 

Rem,      procurrit        obviam  the  Thing,  He  runs  in  the    Way 

vpdcuati       Zksnnm,  to   his    Maflet:    returning 
Tub- 


SELECT  FABLES  OF^SOP.        7 

fubfilit,          pulfat  Uri-  leaps  on    Him,  Jiriles    him   with 

gulis.      Hero      exclamaiite,  his  Hoofs.   The  Majler  crying  out, 

aervi  accurrere          &  the    Servants     ran     to    him,    and 

ineptus  Afellus,   qui  credidlt  the      filly     dfs,      who      thought 


Se  urbanum,  vapulat. 

MOR. 
Omncsnon  p^ffimus  omnia; 


Himfelf  courtly,  is  beaten. 

MOR. 
We    all  cannot   do   all  things  ; 


flic       omna    decent 
Quifquc        facial, 
tentet  id,  quod  pot  eft. 


oinnes.     r.or  do  all  things  become  all  Men. 

quifque     Let   every    one   do,    let    every    one 

try  that,  wjiich  he  is  able. 


FAB 

De    LEONE    £5*    quibufdam 
aliis. 

LE  O     pepigerat      cum 
Ove         quibufdamque 
aliis,        Venationem       fore 
communcm.  Venantur, 

C'ervus  c apitur :  fingulis 
incipientibus  tollere  Jingulas 
Partes,  vt  convcnerat, 
Leo  irrugiit,  inquiens,  una 
Pars  eft  mea,  quia  funi 
dlgniifimus  ;  altera  item 
efl  mea,  quia  przftantif- 
finvJS  Viribus  ;  porro 
•vsndico  tertiam,  quia  fu- 
daverim  pfus  in  capiendo 
Cervo  ;  dcnique,  nifi  con- 
eefferitu  quartam,  ejl  aftum 
de  Amicitia.  Socii 

audientes  hoc,  difcedunt 
vacui  $3*  taciti,  ncn  auii 
mutire  contra  Leoaem, 

MOR. 

Fides  femper  fuit  ttzra  : 
apnd  Aot  Seculum  ^?  rarior; 
apud  potentes  ejl,  & 
femper  fuit,  rar'ifjima.  Q^o- 
circa  £#  fatius  vivere  cum 
Parr.  Nam,  j^u/  vivit 
fi'«i  poteniiore,  fx$e  habet 


L   E      IX. 

Of  the    LION    and    fome 
Benjis. 

TH  E  Lion  (W  agreed  with 
/A^       5/'ff/>       and        fome 
others.,  that  the  Huntingjftow/J  ^ 
common.  They  bunt, 

a  Stag  M  taken  :  all 
beginning  to  take  /A«V  Jingle 
Parts,  as  had  been  agreed, 
Lion  roared,  faying,  one 
is  mine,  becaufe  /  am 
the  moil  worthy  ;  another  alfo 
is  mine,  becaufe  I  am  mod  ex- 
cellent in  Strength  ;  moreover 
/  claim  a  third,  btfavft  I  have 
fweated  more  in  taking 
the  Stag  ;  lajlly,  unlefs  jow  noiil 
grant  the  fourth,  /ifr?  it  an  end 
o/" Frieudfhip.  His  Companions 
hearing  this,  depart 

empty  and  filent,  «*/  having  dared 
to  mutter  again  ft  the  Lion. 

MOR. 

Faith  always  has  been  ?v7r*  „• 
in  this  Age  //  is  rarer  ; 
awing  the  Powerful  it  is,  and 
tf/iyayj has  been,moji rare.  Where- 
fore it  is  better  to  live  with 
d«  Equal.  For,  /rV  w/^o  liveth 
w;VA  one.  more  powerful,  c/i^  hath 
a  Nc- 


8         SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

nectj/e       concederc    de    fuo     a  NeceJJity  to    depart    jrom    hii 
Jure.  Right. 


FAB 

De  LEONE  &f  MURE. 

LE  O  A^iw  jEftu 
Curfuque  quiefcebatyl/i 
Umbra,  yw/w  viridi  Gr#- 
TWZ/W  ;  Grege  Murium  per- 
currente  f/w/  Ttrgunj,  ex- 
perreSus,  comprehendit 

Unum  ex  il/is.  Captivus 
ftipphcat,  clamitat,  Se  efle 
indignant,  cui  Z,eo 

irafcatur.  Illet  reputans 
fore  Nihil  Laudis 

in  A7^  tantillae  Eeflia, 
dimittit  Captivum.  Non  </KI 
poftea,  Z,fo,  dum  currit 
per  Saltum,  inctdit  in 
Plagas  :  Rugit%  fed  non 
potejl  cxire.  JT/«j  audit 
Leonem  miferabilicer  rugi- 
entem,  agnofcit  Vocem, 
repit  in  Cuniculos,  qu<erit 
Nodos,  quos  invenit, 
corroditque  ;  Leo-  evadit 
e  Plasis. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  fuadet  C/*- 
tiientiam  potentibus  ;  Etenim 
lit  human*  Res  y«n/  in- 
ftabiles,  Potentes  ipft 
Inter  dum  egent  O/^  humil- 
limorum  ;  y^/ar^  prudens 
/^/r,  etfi  potcft,  timet 
tiocere  vcl  i'/7/  Ho  mini  ;  _/£•</ 
Qui  non  timet  nocerc 
aiteri,  defipit  valJe. 
Quid  //a  ?  Quia,  eijl  jam 
fretus  Potentia,  metuit 
Ncmioem,  forfan,  poithac 
erif, 


LEX. 

0/~the  LION  fl«</  the  MOUSE. 

TH  E  Lion  tired  with  Heat 
and  running,  re  (led  under 
the  Shade,  upon  the  green  Grafs  ; 
a  Company  c/"  Mice  run- 
ning over  £/j  Back,  having  a- 
rofet  He  takes 

One  of  /£«».  The  Captive 
begs,  cries,  //>«/  ^<?  was 
unworthy,  whom  the  Lion  fhould 
be  angry  with.  He,  thinking 
there  would  be  Nothing  of  Praife 
in  the  Death  of  fo  little  a  Bcajl, 
difmifTea  the  Captive,  Not  long 
after,  the  Lion,  whilft  He  runs 
thro'  the  Fareji,  falls  int» 
the  Toils  :  Hz  roars,  but  can- 
not get  out.  The  Moufe  hears 
the  Lion  miferably  roar- 
ing, knows  the  Voice, 
creeps  into  the  Holes,  feels 
the  Knots,  'which  He  finds, 
and  gnaws  ;  the  Liou  escapes 
out  of  the  Toils. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  recommends  Cle- 
mency to  the  powerful  ;  For 
as  human  Things  are  un- 
ftable,  the  Powerful  themfclvcs 
fometimet  want  the  Help  of  the 
lowed  ;  wherefore  a  prudent 
Man,  altho'  he  is  able,  fcareth 
to  hurt  even  a  mean  Man  ;  but 
He  that  dots  not  fear  to  hurt 
another,  plays  the  Fool  very  much. 
Why/o  ?  Becaufe,  altho*  now  /;.?- 
ving  relied  on  his  Power,  he  fear  elk 
Nobody,  per  haps ^  hereafter 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


fflft          ut  indiguerit 

vel    Gratia    vilium    Homun- 
cionum,  vel  meluerit  Iram. 


it  ivlll  be,  that  he  may  have  wanted 
cither  the  Favour  of  mean  Men, 
or  have  feared  their  Anger. 


FAB 

De  <pgroto  MILVO. 

MIlvus  decumbebat 

Le&o  jam  ferme 
moriens,  orat  Matrtm  ire 
precatum  Deos.  Mater 
refpondet,  Nihil  Opis  fpe- 
randum  Illi  a,  Diis, 
quorum  facra  tcties  viola- 
viflet/w/V  Rapinis. 

MOR. 

Decet  not  venerari 
Deos  ;  nam  ////'  juvant^/Vr, 
&  adverfantur  impios.  Ne- 
gledi  in  Felicitate,  non  cx- 
audiunt  Mi  fend.  Quare^r 
memor  eorum  in  fecundis 
rebus,  u/  vocati  _//«/ 
prsefentes  in  adverfis  rebus. 


L  E    XL 

Of  thejtck  KITE. 

TH  E  Kite  lay 

in  Bed  now  almott 
dying,  tegs  his  Mother  to  go 
to  pray  to  the  Gods.  The  Mother 
anfwers,  No  Help  <was  to  be 
hoped  by  him  from  the  Gods, 
vuhofe  facred  Things  fo  often  he 
had  violated  by  his  Rapines. 

MOR. 

It  becometh  us  to  worfhip 
the  Gods  ;  for  they  help  the  pious, 
and  with/land  the  impious.  Ne» 
glecled  in  Felicity,  they  do  not 
hear  «i  Mifery.  Wherefore  be 
mindful  of  them  in  profperout 
things,  that  being  called  they  may  be 
prefe'ot  in  adverfe  things. 


FABLE     XII. 


De  RANIS  tf  earum  Rege. 

GENS    Ranarum,  cum 
(^/  libera,  fupplicabat 
Jovem,  Rtgsm  da- 

ri     jiW.      Jupiter      rldebat 
Vota       Ranarum.  Illse 

/fl/w^»  inftabant  itcrum, 
atque  iterutn,  donee  perpel- 
lerent  ipfum.  ///£  dejecit 
Trabem  ;  ea  .MbAv  qu  aflat 
Fluvium  ingenti  Fragore. 
Ranae  terrlta  filent  ; 
•oenerantur  Regem  ;  oc- 
rsdunt  propius  fsdetentim  ; 
tao- 


0/"the  FROGS  and  their 

TH  E  Nation  of  Frogs,  when 
//  was  free,  bcfoughi 
Jupiter,  ybr  a  King  to  be  gi- 
ven to  them.  Jupiter  laughed  at 
the  Wiflies  of  the  Frogs.  They 
neverthelefs  prefled  him  again, 
and  again,  until  f^y  drove 
him  to  it.  //#  threw  down 
a  Log  ;  that  Mafs  fhakes 
the  River  with  a  great  A7"^. 
The  Frogs  ajfrighled  are  filent  ; 
they  reverence  their  King  ;  they 
come  nearer  Step  by  Sf?p  ; 
at 


io        SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SSOP. 

tandem,  Metu  abje&o, 
infultant,  &  defultant ; 
iners  Rex  eft  Lufui  & 
Contemptui.  Rurfum  lacef- 
funt  Jovem  ;  or  ant  Regem 
dan  fibi,  qui  fit 

Jlrenuus  ;  qtiibus  Jupiter  dat 
Ciconiam.  Is  perflrenue 

perambularis  Paludem, 

vorat  qii'tcqtiid  Ran  a  rum 
Jit  obviam.  Jgilur 

Raoae   frujira     queftas   fue- 
runt       de     Saevitia      hujus. 
Jupiter      non      audit,     nam 
.'ur          k  ho  die  : 

Etenim  Vefperi  Ciconia 
eiinte  Cubitum,  cgrejjix  ex 
Antris  murmurant 

rauco  Ululatii  ;         fed 

canunt  fur  do.  Nam  Ju- 
piter vuit,  ut  quae  depre- 
cate funt  clementem 

'//  iuclementcm. 


MCR. 

Solet         evenire 
vt  Ranis,  gut, 

li  halet  Rcgero/ct7i>  man- 
fuetiorem,  damnat  cum  Ig- 
aaviie  &  Insrtitt,  &  o//a/, 
aliquand>>  Virum  dari 

^i/  .-  Contra,  Ji  quan- 
do  /?a<?a  {/?  flrenuum 
Rf*em,  damuat  S<fvitiam 
hujug,  £3*  laudat  Clsmcn- 
/;../.*/  prioris  ;  Jive  quod 

f-.tnper  pceraret  nos  praelen- 
tiuir,  Jive  quod  ejl  verum 
D':flu>nt  nora  f^?  potiora 


at  length,  /<Var  being  thrown  away, 
/&ry  /^fl/>  upon,  and  /M/  o^J  A/m  ; 
the  fluggifh  Azwy  i«  their  Sport  and, 
Ccnternpt.  Again  they  pro- . 
•vcke  Jupiter;  they  pray  for  a  King 
to  be  given  to  them,  who  may  be 
valiant  ;  to  whom  Jupiter  gives 
f/&<?  Stork.  He  i><?ry  nimbly 
ftalkiug  through  /ta  Marjh 
devours  whatever  of  the  Frogs 
fo/nfj  in  the  way.  Therefore 
the  Frogs  in  vain  have  com- 
plained of  the  Cruelty  o/"  /&/;«. 
Jupiter  does  not  hear,  for 
they  complain  even  //6w  /)flp  : 
For  /'«  //6if  Evening  the  Stork 
^i/V^  to  Reft,  having  tome  out  of 
//>«>  Cavet  they  murmur 
<a;;//&  a  hoarfe  Croaking  ;  but 
they  firig  to  one  deaf.  For  Ju- 
piter wills,  /Aj/  they  who  peti- 
tioned againjl  a  merciful  Kingj 
now  ^fij/-  au  unmerciful. 

MOR. 

It  is  wont  to  happen  to  the  com- 
mon People,  at  to  the  Frogs,  who, 
if  they  have  a  King  a  little  mild- 
er, condemn  him  o/"  /d/?- 
n^/}  and  Sluggijlnefs,  and  W//S 
at  fometime_/bra  Man  to  be  given 
/o  them  /  On  the  contrary,  if  at 
any  time  //$<?y  havs  got  an  ad\ive 
King,  they  condemn  /ta  Cruelty 
of  him,  <W£/  praife  /Z'f  C/<r- 
mency  of  the  former;  either  becaufe 
it  always  repents  us  of  the  pre- 
fent,  or  becaufe  ;'/  is  a  true 
Saying,  that  new  things  are  better 
than  o!d< 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  iESOP.        11 


FAB 

J^e  COLUMBIS    y   MILVO. 

COlurabz  ollm  gef- 
fcre  Bsitum  cum  Mil- 
voi  quctn  ut  expug- 
narent,  delegerunt  fibi 
Accipitrem  Rcgem.  Ills  fac- 
tua  Rcxt  agit  Hoftem,  non 
Regem  :  rapit  ac  laniat 
non  fegnius,  ac  Milvus.  Pec- 
nitet  Columbas  Incap- 
ti,  putantes,  fuiffe 

fatius  fati  Bellum  Mil- 
vi,  quatn  Tyrannidem 
Accipitris. 

MOR. 

Pigeat  Neminsm  fuas 
Condi tlon'is  iiimium.  Ut 
Horatius  ait,  Nihil  eft  bea- 
tum  ab  omni  Parts. 
Equidem  non  optarem  mu- 
tare  me  am  Sorttm,  modo  fit 
toleralilis.  Mulli,  cum  qnie- 
fiverint  novam  Sortem, 
rurfus  optaverunt  'jctercm. 
Sumus  fere  omnrs  ita  vario 
Ingenio,  ut  '  fanitedt 

Nofract  noflri. 


L  E    XIIL 

Of  the  PIGEONS  andthe  KITE. 

THE  Pigeons  formerly  car- 
ried on  a  War  with  the 
Kite,  whom  that  they  might  fub- 
due,  they  chafe  to  themfclves 
the  Hatok  King.  /fe  being 
made  King,  afts  /Atf  Enetny,  not 
/Ae  AVn^  :  he  tears  and  butchers 
no  flower,  than  the  Kite.  //  re- 
penis  the  Pigeons  of  their  Under- 
takihg,  thinking,  that  it  had  been 
better  to  endure  the  War  cf 
the  Kite,  than  the  Tyranny 
of  the  Hawk. 

MOR. 

Let  it  repent   no   Man   of  hi» 
Condition       too       much.  As 

Horace  fay  ft  Nothing  is  hap- 
py from  every  Part. 
Tr&ly  /  would  not  wi/b  to 
change  my  Lot,  provided  it  be 
tolerable.  Many,  w/jfn  they  have 
fought  a  neia  Stat»?» 

again  have  wifhed  for  the  old. 
We  are  almojl  all  of  Jo  various 
a  Temper,  that  it  refenteth 
Us  ourfelvcs  of  our f elves. 


FAB 

De  FURE  £5*  CANE. 

CANIS     refpondit     Furi 
porrigenti     Pancm     »* 
fileat,  A'owi  tuas 

Infidias,  das  Panem, 
quo  dffinam  latrare,  /<*/ 
odi  /i/.v/n  Muous  ;  quippe  fi 
.*,§•»  tulero  Panem,  tu 
rypsrtab'n  cunfta 

-; ».;.-,  : 

MOR. 


L  E    XIV. 

0/"the  THIEF  <:«</  the  Doc. 

THE  Dog anf-wered the  Thief 
holding     out      Bread       //>a£ 
he  would   be  filent,   /  /«<?«>  thy 
Treacheries,     thou    gireft    Bread, 
that  /  »wy    r/^    to     bark,    but 
I      hate     //j;     Gift    ;     for      if 
/   (hall    take    f&     ^rr^     thou 
wilt     carry       a!l       the      Things 
cut  of  thefc  Hotifct. 
C    ' 


12      SELECT  FABLES  OF  jESOP. 


MOR. 
Cavfa 


parvi 


MOR. 
Take  heed, /or //',? Sake  of  a  fmall 


Cave, 

Commodi,     amittas    magnum.     Profit,  thou  lofcft  not  a  great  one. 

Cave,  habeas  Fidem  Take  heed,  that  thou  bajl  not  Faith 
in  every  Man  ;  for  there  arc 
ivbo  not  c/z/7  fay  &W- 
/>',  but  rf^>  do  &W- 
ly,  with  Deceit. 


furvts  Homini  ;  nam  funt 
^w  non  tanfttm  dicunt  be- 
tiigne,  fed  &  faciunt  bz- 
tiigne,  Dolo. 


De  LUPO 


FAB 

SUCULA. 


SUCULA  fartunebat  ; 
Lupus  pdlicetury  Se 
/or/?  Ciutodem  Fatus. 
Secula  fefpondit,  Se  won 
fftr^  Obfcquio  faipi  ; 
ii  :  7//<r  velit  haberi 
pius,  j*r  cupiat  facers  id, 
yzW  eft  gratuni)  abeat 
longiits  :  Etenira  ojfidum 
J,upi  cviijlare  non  Pricfcn- 
tid,  fed  Abfentid. 

MOR. 

Omnia  no«  y^n/  creden- 
da  Omnibus*  Multi  poUlcen- 
ittr  fuam  Of  tram,  non  Amore 
tin',  y>^  fui  ;  «<?n 
quserentes  /aww  Commo" 
fuum. 


L  E    XV. 

Cf  the  WOLF  and  the  Sow. 

TH  E  Sow  £row£/6/  /»/•/£  ; 
the  Wolf  promrfer,  that  he 
•would  te  the  Keeper  o/  />?><?  Tottng. 
TheSowanfwerfd,  That  {he  did  not 
tvtnt  the  Service  o/"  //v  /^o^" ; 
if  He  is  willing  to  be  accounted 
aiFe&ionatc,  //"hedefires/ot/o  that, 
'which  is  grateful,  let  him  go 

farther  off ;  For  that  the  Offics 
of  the  \Vo\tconJifted  not  J.-z^/V  Prr- 

/•wff,  but  Aljentc. 

MOR. 

All  things  are  nst  to  be  trufl- 
ed  to  all  Men.  Many  pro- 
m'tfe  their  Service,  not  out  of  Love 
of  you,  3«/  of  themfelves  ;  not 
feeking  thir.i  Advan- 

tage, but  their  own. 


FABLE    XVI. 


De  Partu  Montium. 

OLim       erat       Rumor, 
quod  Monies  parturi- 
rent.       Homines     accurrunt, 
circum  fid  tint,         cxpeflantes 
n       Morftri)      non 
Jme 


Of  the  Bringing  fortli 
of  the  Mountains. 

FOrmerly  there  was  a  Rumour, 
that   the    Mountains    >would 
bring  forth.     The  Men  run  thitler, 
Hand      round       about,     expecting 
fomething     of    a    Monger,    not 
tti 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       13 


fine  Pavore.  Tandem 
Monies  fartvriunt.  Mus 
txitf  turn  Omnes  ridebant. 

MOR. 

Jaclatores,       cum     profi- 
tentur  c5"  oftentant    magna, 
vix  faciunt    parva.         Qya- 
prnpter    ifti    Thrafones     funt 
Jure       Materia  -    Joci  ^    fe 
Scommatum.  FtxcFabulaitem         M 
•vetat  inanes  Timores.     Nam    forbids 
plerumque      Timor     Periculi     commonly 


yottkoat  Fear.  Jit  length  the. 
Mountains  bring  forth.  A  Moufc 
comes  out)  then  ^//laughed. 

MOR. 

Braggers,     w£«     they     pro- 
fefs    ««</      boaft      .S^c*      things, 
fcaroe  «/a  little  things.       W£«*- 
/v          tlinfe        Thrafos          are 
the    Matter  o/  ^f/?  and 
Thij         /"rt/'/i?         alfo 
vain        .£>rtr.r.          For 
the     Fear    o/"    Danger 


Scos. 


e  ft          gravior 
ipfo  ;      imo 

Periculo 
/'</,           quod 

is  more  grievous 
it  f  elf  ;         nay 

than  the 

that, 

Danger 
\vhich 

metuimus,      eft 

ftps       ridi- 

we      fea 

!/',            IS 

i        c/?^»' 

ridi- 

culum. 

culous. 

FABLE    XVII. 


JDff  LEPORIBUS  £5* 
RANIS. 

SYlva      mugitiits     infolito 
Turbine,  trepidi 

Lepores  occipiunt  rapine  fu- 
gere.  Cum  Palus  oljljleret 
fugientibus,  Jletere  anxii, 
comprehenji  Periculis 

utrmqiie.  QjJodqae  ejjet 
Incitamentum  tnajoris 

Timotis,  indent  Ranas 
mergi  in  Palude,  Tune 
unut  ex  Leporibas  pruden- 
tior  »c  difertior  caierit 
inquit,  Quid  inaniter  time- 
mus  ?  EH  Opus  Animo 
quidem  ;  Eft  Nobis  Agilitas 
Carports,  fed  Animus  dee  ft. 
Hoc  Periculum  Tttrbinis 
noti  eft  Ju^'iendum*  fed  con- 


Of  the  HARES  anal 
the  FROGS. 


ufual  lyijirlwindy  the  trem- 
bling Hares  begin  hnflily  to  fly 
away.  When  a  Fe  n  Jloppe  d  then 
flying,  they  Jlood  anxious, 
encompciffed  vith  Dangers 
on  both  f.des*  And  -v/hat  was 
an  Incitement  of  greater 
Fear,  they  perceive  the  Frogs 
to  be  plunged  in  the  Fen.  Then 
one  of  ths  Hares  more  pru- 
dent and  more  eloquent  than  the  reji 
faid,  What  vainly  at  iuc 
fear  ?  There  is  Need  of  Courage 
indeed  :  There  is  to  us  Agility 
of  Body,  but  Courage  is  wanting. 
This  Danger  of  the  Whirlwind 
is  not  to  be  jled  fromt  but  con* 
temned. 

MOP.  a 


H      SELECT  FABLES  OF 

Mo*.  MOR. 

Eft      Opus      Animo      in 
omni      Re.       Virtus    jacet 
fine  Confidents.     Nam  Con- 
Jidentia   eft  Dux    & 
Virtutis. 


There  is  Need  of  Courage  ta 
every  Thing.  Virtue  lies  dead 
without  Confidence.  For  Da~ 
ringnefs  is  the  Leafier  and  Queen 
of  Virtue, 


FABLE    XVIII. 


De  HJEDO  &  LUPO. 

CApRA,        cum         effet 
iiura  paftura,  concludit 
jHredum       Doml,      monens 
ape r ire    Nemini,     dum    ipfa 
iCfdeat.          Lupus,  £>ui 

audiverat  id  procul,  poft 
Difceflum  Matrix, 

pulfat  Fores,  capiiffat 
Voce,  jubcns  refludi. 
Kasdus  pretfentiens 

I)olum  inquit,  Non  aperio ; 
nam  etfi  Vox  capriflat, 
tamen  equidem  video  Lvpum 
per  Rirtas. 

MOR. 

Filii,  dbedtte  Parentibus, 
nam  eft  utile  ;  &  decet 
Juveneoi  aufcultare 

geni. 


Of  the  Kip  a«</  the  WOLF. 

THE  GOAT,  when  fhe  was 
about  to  go  tq  feed,  Jhuts  tip 
the  Kid  at  Home,  warning  her 
to  open  to  Nobody,  till  fhe 
return.  The  Wolf,  /Wo 
had  heard  that  afar  off,  <a/?rr 
the  Departure  of  the  Mother, 
knocks  at  the  Doors,  a&s  the  Goat 
in  Voice,  ordering  them  tobeopenecl. 
The  Kid  perceiving 

the  Cheat  fays,  I  do  not  open  ; 
for  altho*  the  Voice  a8s  the  Goat, 
yet  indeed  I  fee  a  Wclf 
thro*  ^  Chinks. 

MOR. 

Children,  ofcy  your  Parents, 
/or  it  is  prof  table  ;  and  it  becometh 
a  Young  Man  to  hearken 
to  an  Old  Man. 


?  A  B  L 


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FABLE    XIX. 


Tie  RUSTICO  b" 
*       ANGUE. 

QUIDAM  Raflicfu 
nutriverat  Anguem  ; 
aliquando  iratus  petit 
Sefltam  Securi.  llle  evadit, 
tton  fine  Vulnere.  Poftea 
Ritftictts  deveniens  in 
Paupertatcm  ratut  eft  id 
Infortuftii  accidere  Sill 
propter  Injurlam  Anguis. 
Igitar  fupplicat,  vt  re- 
deat.  ///«  ait,  Se  ignof- 
cere,  fed  nolle  redire  ; 
peque  fore  fecurum  cum 
Ruftico,  cum  fit 

tanta         Securis          Dtxni  ; 
Dolorem  vu/neris 

defiifle,     tamen     Memoriam 
fupereffc. 

MOR. 

Eft  <vix  tutum  habere 
Pidem  £i,  (^ui  femel  folvit 
F'tdem.  Condonare  Injuriam, 
id  fane  eft  Mifericordig  ; 
fed  caver  c  fibi, 

tJ1     dccet,     fcf     eft     Pru- 
Jtntix. 


Ofihe  COUNTRYMAN  and 
the  SNAKE. 

A  CERT  A  IN  Countryman 

had  nourifhed  a  Snake  ; 
on  a  time  being  angry  He  ilrikes 
the  Beajl  with  an  Ax.  He  efcapes, 
not  without  a  Wound.  Afterwards 
the  Countryman  coming  into 
Poverty  thought  that 

Misfortune  happened  to  him 
for  the  Injury  of  the  Snake. 
Therefore  he  entreats,  that  He 
would  return.  He  fays,  that  he  for- 
gave, but  was  unwilling  to  return  ; 
nor  could  he  be  fecure  with 
the  Countryman,  'when  there  is 
fo  great  an  Ax  at  Home ; 
that  the  Pain  of  the  Wound 
was  worn  away,  yet  the  Memory 
remained. 

MOR.  * 

It  is  ykzra  fafe  to  have 
Faith  in  Him,  Who  once  has  broke 
Faith.  To  forgive  an  Injury^ 
that  indeed  is  A&*  Per/  of  Mercy  ; 
but  /o  te^  /W  of  One's  fclf, 
£o/£  becomcth,  and  is  //r  /*ar/  of 
Prudence. 


FABLE    XX. 


s  VutPECULA 
ClCONlA. 


O/  the  Fox  and 
the  STORK. 


"VTUlpecula  vocavit 


it  nnHE              Fox              called 

Ciconiam  a</Ccenam.  JL     the     Stork     to       Supper. 

Effundit         Opfonium        in  She  pours  out  the   Vidluals   upon 

Mcnfqrn,   Q»od',    cum   ^  the   Table,  which,  when  »V  was 

liquidum,  liquid^ 


i6      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


liqiiidum,  Ciconia  tentante 
Rojiro  fruftra,  Vulpecula 
Ifngit.  glufa  Avis  ablt, 
pudetquc,  figetqu: 

Jnjuriaj.  Pojl  plufculnm 
Dierum  redit,  iavitat 
Vulpeculam.  Vitreim  Vas 
erat  fitum  plenum  Opfonii  ; 
quod  Vas,  ciim  efict 
arfJi  Guttims,  llcuit 
Vulpecnlffi  •cidere,  Bcefurire, 
tion  guftare.  Ciconia  facile 
cxhaufit  Rojiro. 

MOR. 

Rifus  merctur  jRifum  ; 
jfocut  Jo  cum  ;  Dolus 
Dolura  ;  &  Fiaus  Frau- 
dtm. 


liquid,  the  Stork  endeavoaring 
iv'tth  her  Sill  in  vain,  the  Fox 
1  i  c  k  s  u  p  .  The  deluded  B  i  rdgoe  s  a.  way  , 
and  is  afnamed,  and>  vexed 
at  the  Injury,  sifter  forr.c 
Days  fhe  returns,  invites 
the  Fox.  A  Glafs  Veffcl 
was  placed  full  of  Victuals  ; 
which  Vtflel,  when  it  was 
o/"a  narrow  Neck,  it  was  lawful 
for  the  Fox  to  fee,  and  iunger, 
not  /o  /rt/ftr.  The  Stork  enjily 
drtw  it  out  ct»J/A  >$ 


MOR. 

Laughter  d?f  ernes  Laughter  ; 
a  J^/?  a  Jeft  ;  a  7V/V* 
a  Trick  ;  and  Deceit  -£k- 
celt. 


FABLE    XXI. 


DC   Luro    y  piclo 

Cafite.  ^ 

J  UPUS  wr/i/f  & 
|.  ,j  miratur  human um 
Caput  repertura  in  Officina 
Sculptoris,  fentiens  habere 
nihil  Senfus,  inquit,  0 
pulchrum  Caput,  eft  in 
Te  mu/tum  Artis,  fed 


MOR. 

Externa  Pulcbritudo,  fi  in- 
adfit,    e/l    grata  ;    fin 
carendum       eit       allerutrd, 
pradtat       carere       externa, 
uam    interna  :     uam     ilia 
ne     hac    interdum     incurrit 
Odium,    ut    Slcl'dus    fit     eo 
cdio- 


I 


0/the  WOLF  and  the  painted 
Head. 


THE  Wolf/ar«j  ^on/,  and 
admires  a  human 
Head  found  in  the  Shop 
<?/"<2  Carver,  perceiving  it  to  havs 
nothing  of  Senfe,  he  fays,  O 
fair  Head,  there  is  irt 
Thee  much  of  Art,  £wf 
Nothing  of  Senfe. 

MOR. 

Oat  ward  Beauty,  if  /^  //:- 
war  J  be  prefcnt,tVpleafing  ;  lutif 
we  muft  want  either  ; 

it  is  better  to  want  the  outward, 
/£rt/r  the  inward  ;  for  that 
•without  this  fometimes-  incurs 
Hatrtdt  that  a  /W/  is  ^jr/i  wwA 
the 


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odiofior, 
formofior. 


quo 


the  more   odions,    by  how  much 
the  more  handforae. 


FABLE    XXII. 


De  GRACULO. 

GRACULUs        orr.avit 
Se  Plants 

Pavonis ;  deinde  vifus 
pulchelluf  Sibi  contulit 
i>e  ad  Genus  Pavo- 
mtmt  fuo  Gcnere  faftidito. 
////  tandem  inttlligentes 
Fraudem,  nudalant  Itoli- 
tlam  Avem  Coloribus, 
&  affccerunt  cum  Plagis. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Falula  notat  eott  qul 
gerunt  fe  fitblimiiis,  quatn 
ejl  sequnm  ;  qul  vivunt  cum 
iis,  qui  funt  C35  ditiores, 
&  magls  nobiles  ;  quarc  fape 
fiunt  inopest  &  funt 
Ludibrio. 


0/"the  JACKDAW. 

TH  E  JACKDAW  adorned 
Himfelf  with  the  Feathers 
of  the  Peacock  ;  then  feeming 
pretty  to  Himftlf  he  betook 
Himfelf  to  the  Race  of  the  Pea- 
cocli)  his  own  Race  being  defpifed. 
They  at  length  under/landing 
the  Cheat,  Jlripped  the  fool- 
ifh  Bird  of  his  Colours, 
and  belaboured  him  with  blows. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  denotes  thofe,  who 
carry  themfelves  more  loftily,  than 
is  frf  ;  who  live  w/V/» 
thofe,  w^o  are  both  more  rich, 
a«J  more  noble  ;  wherefore  often 
they  become  poor,  and  tf'"f 
for  a  Laughing-flock. 


FABLE    XXIII. 


De  RANA  8?  BOTE. 

RAna     cupida    a:qiiandi 
Bovem  diftentabat  fe. 
Filius    bortabatur     Matrem 
dcjiflere  Caepto, 

inquiensy  Ranam  ejje  nihil 
(id  Bovem.  Ilia  intumuit 
faitndiim,  Natus  c/amitatt 


0/"the  FROG  and  the  OK. 

A  Frog  dcfirous  of  equalling 
an  OK  ftretched  / 
The  Son  advifed  the  Mother 
to  c?e/i/l  from  the  Undertaking, 
faying^  that  a  Frog  was  nothing 
to  an  Ox.  5.6i-  Avcliscl 

a  fcconrt  time,      Tiic  f>oa  ff/Vj  cv/, 
Met- 


IS       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOI*. 

Mater,  licet  crepes,  nun- 
guam  vinces  Bovem.  Autem, 
cum  intumuiflet  tertiumt 
erepuit. 

Mo*. 

Qmfque  habet  fuarn 
Dstem.  Hie  excel/it  Forma, 
Ille  Viribus.  Hie  pallet 
Cpibus,  Ille  Amicis.  De- 
cet  Unumquemy;  eflc  con- 
tentum  fuo.  Ille  valet 
Carper e,  Tu  Ingenio  : 
O^uucirca  Quifque  confulat 
Semett  nee  inv'tdeat  Supe- 
riori,  QjiQa  eft  tntferum  ; 
rec  o^/f/  certare, 

Stultitle, 


Mother,  ^//^o*  you  burft,  «<?- 
wr  will  you  exceed  the  Ox.  But* 
«>£<rn  (he  had  fvvelled  a  /i/rJ  tim:, 
flic  burft. 

MOR. 

Every  one  Lai  his 
Gj//.  This  Man  excels  in  Beauty, 
T&zf  in  Strength.  This  is  powerful 
in  Richest  That  /a  Friends.  It 
becometh  Every  one  to  be  ccn- 
/f«/  with  his  own.  He  is  ftrong 
/a  £ody,  Thou  in  Wit  : 
Wherefore  1st  Every  one  confiilt 
Hir:felf*  nor  envy  a  Supe- 
rior, Which  is  a  mlferable  thing  ; 
nor  it^/2»  to  contend, 
Which  is  /A*  Par/  of  Folly. 


FABLE      XXIV. 

Z)tf  JE.QUO  tf  LEONE.  Q/"the  R6RSE  and  the  LION. 

LEO  ivn//  ad  comedendum 
Equum  ;  autem  care'ns 
Viribus  prte  Sene3a,  coepit 
meditari  Artem  :  profit etur 
Se  Medicum  :  moratur 
Equum  Ambage  V:rlorum. 
Hie  cfponit  Dolum  Dolo  ; 
fingit,  Se  nuper  pvpiigiffs 
Pedem  in  fpinofo  Loco; 
orat,  ut  Medicus 

iufpiciens  educat 

Sentem.  Leo  parct.  At 
EquuSj  quanta  VI  potn- 
it,  impiagit  Calcetn  Leoni, 
&  fontir.no  conjicit  Se 
in  PeJa.  Leo  vix 

ta:ivlcm     r:Jieas       ad        ^Sr. 


THE  LION  <: omrf^  to  fflf 
the  Horfe  ;  tut  wanting 
Strength  thro'  old  dgt,  he  began, 
to  meditate  an  Art  :  /T<?  profejfts 
Himfelf  a  Phyftcian  :  He  ftays 
the  Horfe  with  a  Circuit  of  Word:. 
He  o//>a/«  Deceit  /o  Z>««'/  .• 
He  feigns,  that  he  lately  bad  prick- 
ed his  Foot  /a  a  thorny  Place  ; 
He  prays,  that  the  Phyfician 
looking  into  it  would  draw  out 
the  Thorn.  The  Lion  obeys.  But 
thz  fforfe,  with  how  great  Force  he 
co\i[d,Jlrilef  his  Heel  ?//>oa  A&f  Lie*:, 
and  immediately  betakes  Himfelf 
to  /;//  /fw/j.  The  Lion  /WT- 
at  length  returning  to  Himfe{f\ 
for 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.       19 


ham        fuerat  prope 

txanimatus  I&u,  in  quit  y 
fero  Pretium  ob  Stultitiam, 
&  is  merito  effugit  ; 
naro  uttus  eft  JDolurn 
Do/o. 

MOR, 

Simulatio  ejl  digna  Od/i?, 
&  capienda  Simulatione. 
Apsrtus  Ho  ft  is  tion  eft  ti- 
inendus  ;  fed  qui  Jimulat 
Benevolentiam,  rww  fit  Ho- 
Jlis,  is  qnidem  eft  timendus,  & 
5^  digniffimus  (Wi'0. 


for  />e  /;<3^/  fcf«  aim  oft. 
dead  with  the  Blow,  fays, 
I  bear  a  Reward  for  my  Folly* 
and  ^  defervedly  hat  fed  away  ; 
for  A<?  ^JJ  revenged  Deceit 
iy//<6  Deceit. 

Moft. 

Diftimulation  M  worthy  of  Hatred", 
and  /o  ^e  /a/'<rn  with  DiffiqaulaUon. 
An  open  Enemy  is  not  to  be  fear- 
ed ;  but  he  who  pretends 
Benevolence,  token  he  is  an  Ene- 
my, he  indeed  is  to  le  fearedt  and 
if  mod  worthy  of  Hatred. 


FABLE    XXV. 


De 


AVIEUS    fcf   Qjiadru 
pedibus. 


ERAT  Pugna  Avibiis 
cum  Qiiadrtipedibus. 
Erat  utrinque  Spes, 
utrinque  Metus,  untrinque 
Periculum  :  autem  Vefyer- 
tilio  relinquens  Socios,  de- 
ficit ad  Hoftcs.  A<ves 
vincunt,  Aquild  '  Duce 
£f3*  Aufpice  ;  *uero  darn- 
uant  Transfugam  Vefper- 
tilionem,  vti  nunquam 
redeat  ad  Aves,  utl  nunquam 
volet  Luce.  Hsc  £/2 
Caufa  Vefpertilioni)  ut 
«o»  Wf/,  nifi  Nctfu. 


MOR. 


Qjii  renuit 
Adverfitatis 


efle    Particep: 
&      Fcriculi 


BIRDS  and  the  four-foot- 
ed Beads. 


THere  was  aBattteto  theBirds 
,  lu'tth  the  four-footed  Beads. 
There   was    on   both   fides  Hope9 
on  both  fides  Fear,  on  both  fides 
Danger  :  but  the 

Bat  leaving  his  Companions,  re- 
volts to  the  Enemies.  The  Birds 
overcome,  the  Eagle  being  Captain 
and  Leader  ;  lut  they  con- 
demn the  Runaway  Batj 
that  he  never 

return  to  f/&£  Birds,  that  ^  iwwr 
fly  in  */k  Light.  This  ir 
a  Reafon  for  the  Bat,  that 
^tf/fy  not,  vinlefs  in  the  Night. 

MOR. 

He  that  refufes   to  be  Partaker 
of      Adverfuy        an^      Danger 


20      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOV. 


expers 
&  Salutis. 


Sociis,  er'it 

Profperitatis, 


•with  his  Companions,  Jhall  be 
deftitute  of  their  Profperity, 
and  Safety. 


FABLE    XXVI. 


De  SYLVA  &  Ru3- 

TICO. 

QU  O     Tempore     erat 
Sermo    etiaoi     Arlo- 
ribus,          Rufticus          venit 
in       Sylvan,       rogat,       ut 
liceat  tollere          Capu- 

lura  adfuam  Securim.  Sylva 
annuit.  Rufticus, 

Securi  aptata,  ccrpit  fuc- 
cidere  Arbor  es.  Turn,  fcy* 
quidem  fero  pcenituit 
Sylvam  fuse  Facilitatis, 
doluit  (JJe  Seipfam 

Caufam  fiii  Exlt'ti. 

Moi. 

Vide,  de  Quo  merearis 
bene  :  fuere  multi,  £>ui 
abufi  funt  Benejlclo  accepto 
in  Pcrnicicm  Autoris. 


0/"the  WOOD  and  the  COUN- 
TRYMAN. 

AT  what  Time  there  was 
a  Speech  even  /o 
Trees,  a  Countryman  r/7/»r 
into  the  Wood,  afks,  //ta/ 
it  may  be  lawful  to  take  a  Han- 
dle to  his  Ax.  The  Wood 
confents.  The  Countryman, 
/ta  yfx  being  fitted,  began  to 
cut  down  ^<r  Trees.  Then,  <MK/ 
indeed  /oo  late  it  repented 
^<?  Woorf  of  her  Eafinefs, 
it  grieved  her  to  be  Herfclf 
the  Caufs  of  her  own  Deflruftion. 

MOR. 

See,  of  whom  ihou  mayejl  deferve- 
well  :  there  have  been  many,  Who 
have  abufed  a  Benefit  received 
to  the  Deftiuftion  of  the  Author. 


FABLE      XXVII. 

De  LUPO  £5*  VutPE.  •  0/"the  WOLF  and  the  Fox. 


effet 


LUPUS,      cum 
fat"ts  Prredre,  dfgebat  in 


Vulpecula  accedit, 
fcifcitatur  Caufam  Otii. 
Lupus  fen  fit,  /fo™ 

Mor- 
bum 


Infidias,       fimiilat 


THE  WOLF,  when  there  wa« 
enough  of  Prey,  //W</  in 
Idlenels.  The  Fox  foww  /o  ii'm, 
demands  the  Caufe  of  his  Idlenefs. 
The  Wolf  perceived,  there  were 
Treadxries,  pretends  a  Bif- 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.       11 


bum  eje  Caufam,  oral 
Vulpeculam  ire  precatum 
Deos.  Ilia  Jo/ens,  Dolnra 
nan  fuccedere,  adit  Pa/lorem, 
monet,  Latebras 

Lupi  fotere,  &  Ho- 
*flem  fecurum  poj/e  opprimi 
inopinato.  Pallor  adori- 
tur  Lupum,  madat.  Vul- 
pes  potitur  Antro  £s*  Pneda  ; 
fed  breve  fuit  Gaudium 
fui  fceleris  illi  ;  nam  paulo 
pod  idem  Pad  or  cafit 
ipfam. 

MeR. 

Invidia  cftfaa'a  Res,  £ff 
interdum  perniciofa  quoque 
Author i  ipfi. 


eafe  to  be  the  Caufe,  prays 
the  Fox  to  go  to  pray  the, 
Gods.  She  grieving,  that  the  Trick 
did  not  fucceed,  goes  to  the  Shepherd, 
advifes  him,  that  the  Den 
of  the  Wolf  lay  open,  and  the  Ene- 
my bting  fecure  could  be  deftroyed 
unawari's.  The  Shepherd  rifes 
upon  the  Wolf,  flays  him.  The 
Fox  obtains  the  Den  and\\\e.  Prey  ; 
but  fliort  was  the  Joy 
of  her  Villainy  to  her  ;  for  a  little 
after  /A?  fame  Shtpherd  taiet 
her. 

Mo*. 

Envy     is    £  _/o«/  Thing,    and 
fo  me  times  pernicious  alfo 

fo  the  Author  himfelf. 


FABLE    XXVIII. 


De  VIPERA  £:f  LIMA. 

VIpera  ojendens  Limam 
in  Fabrica  captt 
rodere  :  Lima  fuhrifit,  in- 
quifnsi  Inepta,  Quid  agis  * 
Tu  contriveris  tuot 
Denies  antequam  atteras 
Me,  Qu&  foleo  prasmorderc 
Duritiem  >Eris. 

MOR. 

Vide  etlam  atq;  etlam 
Qu^icum  habeas  Rem  ; 
Si  acuas  Denies 

in   fortiorem,     rion      nccu- 
cris  il!it  fed  tilt* 


Of  the  VIPER  and  the  FILE. 

A  VIPER  finding  a  File 
in  a  Smith's  Shop,  fo^aft 
to  gnaw  it:  The  File  fmiled,yi7y- 
/'«£-,  Fool,  What  doll  thoti  do  ? 
Thou  wilt  have  worn  out  thy 
Teeth  before  thou  wcarefl  out 
Hfe,  who  OCT  <wont  to  gna\v  off 
/j&f  Hardnefs  of  Brafs. 

MOR. 

See  again  and  <»fa/« 
with  whom  tkou  haft  an  AtFair  ; 
if  thou  whetteft  Mj  TVrfA 
againil  ajlronger  Mant  thou  wilt 
not  have  hurt  £/mt  but  thy f elf. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE    XXIX. 


De  CERVO. 

CErvus,  confpicatus  fe  iy 
perfpicuo  Fonle,  pro- 
bat  procera  &•  ramofa 
Cornua,  fed  damnat  Exili- 
tatem  Tibiarum  :  forte 
dutn  contemplatur,  dum  ju- 
dicat,  Venator  interveuit  : 
Cervus  fogit*  Canes  infec- 
tantur  fugientem  ;  fed  cum 
tntraviffet  denfam  Syfoam, 
Cornua  erant  implicita 
JRamis.  Turn  demum 
laudabat  Tilias,  &  damna- 
lat  Cornua,  <$utz  feccre, 
r,t  cffet  Przda  Canibus. 

MOR. 

Petimus  fugienda, 

fngimus  petenda  ;  Q^as 
cfficiunt  placent.  S^te  con^ 
ferunt  dlfplicent.  Cupimus 
JBeatitudiiiem,  priufquam 

intelligatnus,  ubi  Jit  :  Ouae- 
rimu3  ExceUentiam  Opum, 
£5"  Celfitudinem  Honorum  ; 
opinaranr  Beatltudinem  11- 
tam  in  his,  in  quibus  ejl 
tarn  mult  urn  JLaboris,  y 
Doloris. 


0/the  STAG. 

A  Stag,  having  £o&f/df himfelf  <a 
a  clear  Fountain,  ap- 
proves A/J  lofty  and  branched, 
Horns,  £«/  condemns  the  Small- 
nefs  of  his  Legs.  By  Chance , 
vvhilft  Af  7oo/j,  whilft  ^  judges, 
the  Huntfman  /o^J  ^y  ;  the 
Stagjlies  away.  The  Dogs  pur- 
foe  him  flying  ;  tut  when 
^  Aa^  entered  a  thick  Wood% 
his  Horns  <ztw£  entangled 
»'«  /^  Boughs.  Then  o/  7^/2 
he  praifed  his  Legs,  and  condemn- 
ed his  Horns,  which  made, 
that  he  was  at  Pr^y  to  the  Dogs. 

MOR. 

We  defire  Things  to  bejhunned, 
we  fly  Things  to  be  de fired  ;  what 
hurt  pleafe.  What  pro- 
fit difpleafe.  We  defire 
Happinefs,  before  that 
we  under/land,  where  //  is  ;  We 
feek  the  Excellency  of  Riches, 
and  the  Loftinefs  of  Honours  ; 
we  think  Happinefs  pla- 
ced in  thefe,  in  which  there  is 
fo  mi/ft&  of  Labour,  and 
Pain. 


FABLE    XXX. 

De  LUPIS  £#  AGNIS.  O/" the  WOLVES  0«</  the  LAMBS. 


ALiquando  fuit    Fcedus 
inter       Lupos      &     \J     between    the    Wolves 
Agnos,          £>uibus          eft     the    Lambs,    to  ivhom  there   is 
Difcordia 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.       23 

Difcordia       Natura.       Obfi-     a    Difcord  by    Nature.       Hofta- 
dilus  datis          utrinqtte,     ges    being    given    on    both    Sides, 

Lupi  dedere  fuos  Catulos,  the  Wolves  gave  their  Whelps, 
Oves  Cohortem  Canuon.  the  Sheep  their  Troop  of  Dogs. 
Qvibus  quietis  £5"  pafcen-  The  Sheep  being  quiet  and  feed- 
ing, the  little  Wolves  by  the  De- 
fire  of  their  Dams  fend  forth 
Howlings  :  Then  the  Wol<oes 
rufhing  on  them  cry  out, 

Fidem,  Fzdufque     that    their    Faith,     and    League 

folutum,     laniantque      Oves     was  broken,  and  butcher  the  Sheep 
1itute  of  their  Guard  of  Dogs. 


tibus,        Lupuli        Defide- 
rio  Matrum  edunt 

Ululatw :        Turn         Lupi 
irruentes  clamitant, 


iejlitutas    Prsefidio     Canum. 
MOR. 

Eft  Infcitia,  fi    in  Feed  ere 
tradas  tua  Prafulia 

Hofti  ;  nam  qui  full 
Hollis,  for/an  nondum 
defivit  cfle  Hojiis  ;  &  for- 
tajfis  ceperit  Caufam,  cur 
acloriatur  te  nudatum  tuo 
Prajidio. 


MOR. 


It 


is  Folly,  if  in  a  League 
//tatf  delivere/t  thy  Guards 
to  an  Enemy  ;/pr  he  who  Aaj  ta^n 
an  Enemy,  perhaps  not  yet 
/rflj  ceafed  to  be  a»  Enemy  ;  and  ^r- 
^a^j  will  take  Occajion,  why 
^  may  rife  upon  \.\\zejlript  of  thy 
Guard. 


FABLE    XXXI. 

De  MEMBRIS  &  VEKTRE.       0/"the  MEMBERS  one/the  BKLLY. 

FOrmerly  the  Feet   and  Hands 
acculed  the          Belly, 

that  the  Gains  of  them 
•were  devoured  by  him  being  idle. 
They  command,  or  let  him  labour, 
or  not  think  to  be  maintained.  He 
intreats  once  and  again  ; 
yet  the  Hands  deny  Suflc- 
nance  ;  the  Belly  being  exhaufted 
with  Want,  when  all  //ta  Limbs 
began  /<?  yi/7  ;  then  a/  lajl 
the  Hands  wf«  willing  to  be  o^- 
«<?«j,  but  that  too  late  ;  ybr 
the  Belly 


OLim    P^J    &   Manus 
incufabant      Ventrem^ 
quod         Lucra         ipforum 
vorarcntur     ab     £o   otiofo. 
Jubent,          aut  laboret, 

aut  we  /«/i?/  ali.  ///? 
fupplicaty^mf/  atq;  iterum  ; 
tamen  Manus  negant  4H- 
tnenfum  ;  Ventre  exhaujlo 
Inedia,  vbi  otnnes  Artus 
coepere  deficere  ;  turn  tandem, 
Manus  -voluerunt  efle  offici- 
»jrff  verura  id  fero  ;  nam 
Venter 


24       SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP. 


Venter  debilis  Defuctudine 
renuit  Cibum.  Ita  cun£H 
drtus,  dura  incident  Ven- 
tri,  per  cunt  cura  pereunte 
Vent  re. 

MOR. 

Societas  Mcmlrorum 

non  differt  ab  Humana  Socie- 
tate.  Mtmbrum  eget  Mcm- 
bro,  dmicus  Amico  ;  quare 
utamur  tnutuis  Officiis, 
mutuls  Operibus  ;  nam  ncq; 
Dna6*t  ncquc  Dignitates 
tucutur  Hominem  falls. 
Unicum  &  fummum  Pras- 
Cdium  eft  Amicitia 

Complurium. 


the  Belly  weak  by  Difufc 
rrfufed  Meat.  Thus  all 

the  Limbs,  whilft  they  envy  the  Bel- 
ly, perift  with  the  pert/ling 
Belly. 

MOR. 

The  Society  cf  the  Members 
does  not  differ  from  human  Socle- 
ety.  A  Member  -wants  a  Mem- 
ber, a  Friend  a  Friend  ;  wherefort 
let  us  ufe  mutual  Offices^ 
mutual  Works  ;  /or  neither 
Richest  nor  Dignities 

defend  a  Man  enough. 
The  only  and  chief  Safe, 
guard  w  the  Ftiendfhip 
of  Many. 


FABLE    XXXII. 

De  SIMIA  ef  VUIPECULA.  O/  the  APE  aW  the  Fox. 


ejje 


SImia  orat  Vulpecuhm,- 
ut  daret  Parlem 
Caudae  fibi  ad  tegendas 
Nates  ;  nam  efTct  Om- 
ri  Illi, 
Ufui  & 
Ilia  refpondet, 
itnnis,  & 
Humum 
//a  Cauda, 
tes  &VR/«  tegi. 

MOR. 

Snnt,  ^ui  egetit  ;  funt, 
quibus  fapereft  ;  tamen 
id  eft  Moris  Nulli  Divi- 
tum,  \it  ^f/  Egenos 
jTuperflud  Re. 


foiet 
Illi. 

Nihil 

ir.alle 
verri 
Na- 


THE Ape  /r«jv  the  Fox, 
/^a/  /he  would  give  Par/ 
of  her  Tail  to  Her  to  cover 
her  Buttocks  ;  /or  that  was  a  Bur- 
den to  Her,  Which  would  be 
an  Ufe  and  Honour  to  Her. 
5/v  anfwers,  /Aaf  /'/  was  Nothing 
too  much,  and  thatjhe  had  rather 
Ma/  /&r  Ground  fbould  be  brufhed 
•with  her  Tail,  than  that  th*  But- 
tocks of  the  dfre  be  covered. 

MOR. 

There  are,  w^o  want  ;  there  are, 
to  whom  /^r<?  is  overmuch  ;  yet 
Ma/  is  of  a  Cujlom  to  no  One  of  the 
Rich,  that  £<?  blefs  the  Need,y 
<zy;/A  bis  fitperfiuous  Stare. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF^ESOP.       25 


FABLE    XXXIII. 

De  Vulpecula  fc?    MuPc'a.          0/the  Fox  and  the  Weafcl. 

VUlpecula  tennis  longa 
Inediu  forte  repfit 
per  angujlam  Rimatn  in 
Cameram  Fntmenti,  in  qua 
ciimfuit  probe  pajlat  dcinde 
Venter  diftentus  impedit 
tentantem  egrcdi  rurfits. 
Mujlela  procul  contemplata 
ludtantcm,  tandem  monet, 
Ji  ctipiat  exiret 

redeat    ad    Cavum     niacra, 
quo  intraverat  macra. 


MOR. 

Videas  complures  lastos 
aique  alacrcs  in  Mediocri- 
tate,  "jacuot  Cyris,  expertos 
Molefliis  Animl.  Sin 

Illi  fuerlnt  fa&l  divites, 
videbis  eos  incedere  mcEftos  ; 
nunquam  porrigere  Fron- 
tem,  plenos  Curls t  obrutos 
Molefiiii  Animi. 


THE  ToxJIender  by  long 
Want  by  chance  crept 
through  a  narrow  Chink  into 
a  Heap  of  Corn,  in  which 
when  Jhe  <was  well  fed,  then 
her  Belly  being  ftretched  hindered 
her  trying  to  go  out  again. 
A  Weajel  afar  off  having  feen  her 
ftriving,  at  length  advifes, 
if  flic  defires  to  go  out, 
ftie  would  return  to  the  Hole  lean, 
at  which  /he  had  entered  lean. 

MOR. 

You  may  fee  many  merry 
and  chearful  in  Mediocri- 
ty, void  of  Cares,  free 
from  Troubles  of  Mind.  But  if 
They  fhall  be  made  rich, 
you  Jhall  fee  them  go  fad  ; 
never  to  fmooth  their  Fore- 
head, full  of  Cares,  overwhelmed 
•with  Troubles  of  Mind. 


FABLE     XXXIV. 

De  EQJJO  y  CERVO.  0/the  HORSE  and  the  STAG. 


ECnius    gcrelat    Bellilm 
cum    Cervo  ;     tandem 
pulfus  e  Pa  feu  is 

imploralat  humanam  Qpem. 
Rcdit  cum  Homine,  dcfccn- 
dit  in  Camjunn,  videos 
snfea  jam  fit  Viftor  ; 
fed 


TH  E  Horfe  rarr«</  on  War 
w/V^  the  Stag  ;  a/  length 
being  driven  out  of  the  Paftures 
/fc  implored  human  Help. 
He  returns  •with  a  Man,  /rV  <fr» 
fcenas  into  //>f  Field,  he  conquered 
befcr;  now  becomes  Conqueror  ; 


26      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESO$. 

fed      tamciT      Hojle     vifto,     but  yet  the  Enemy  being  conquereds 
&f    miffo   fub    Jugum,     ejl     and   fent    under   the  Yoke,    //  «• 
ipfe     necefiary.  that   the  Vi&or  himfelf 
Fert     ferve     //^      Man.          He     bears 
/>«-     //;<;  Horfeman  on  his  Back,  /^  £ri- 
die  in  his  Mouth. 


necefle,     ut      Viftor 
ferviat          Homini. 
E  quit  em         Darfo, 
num  Ore. 

MOR. 

Multi  dimicant  contva 
Paupertatem  ;  qua  vicld 
per  Indu/lriam  &  Fortunam, 
Libertas  Visions  faspe 
intent  ;  quippe  Domini  & 
ViSores  Paupertatis  incipi- 
ent fervire  Divitiis  ;  an- 
guntur  Flagr'ts  Avari- 
tiae,  cohibentur 

Fraenis  Parcimoni<t  ; 

nee  tenent  Mod  urn  que- 
rendi,  nee  audent  uti 
Rebus  partis,  jujlo  fup- 
plicio  quidem  Avaritiae. 


MOR. 

Many  fgkt       •     againd 

Poverty  ;  which  being  overcome 
by  Indujlry  and  Fortune, 
the  Liberty  o/~  /A<?  ^7ff<?r  often 
perifbeth  ;  for  /^  Lords  and 
Conquerors  of  Poverty  ta- 
^/n  to  ferve  Riches;  they  are  tor- 
mented W//A  M*  Whips  of  Ava- 
rice, /Ai?y  are  rejlrained 
\vith  the  Bridles  o/"  Parjimony  ; 
nor  </o  ftay  >&o/^  a  Mean  of  get- 
ting, nor  </a  /Ary  ^izr^  to  ufe 
the  Things  got,  a  jujl  Punifh-^ 
men  I  indeed  of  Cqjretoufnefs. 


FABLE    XXXV. 


D^Duobus  Addefcentilus. 

DU  O  Adohfcenies 

fimulant,  fefe  emptu- 
ros  Carnem  apud  Coquum  : 
Coquo  agents  alias  Res, 
Alter  arripit  Carnem  e 
Caniftro,  dat  Socio, 
ut  occultet  fub 

Vefte.  Coquus,  ut 

uidit  Part  em  Carnis 
fubrcptam  Jlbit  ccepit  infi- 
mulare  utrumq;  Furti.  Q^ii 
aljluhrat,  pcjerat  per 
Jovem,  fe  liabere  Nihil ; 


0/Tvvo  ToungMek* 

W  O  young  Men 

pretend,  that  they  would 
buy  Flejh  at  a  Cook's  : 
The  Cook  doing  other  Things, 
One  fnaickes  Flcfh  ca/  of 
aBaflcetj^rzw ;'/  to  hisCompanion, 
that  -he  may  hide  it  under 
his  Garment.  Tta  C"oo^,  as  foon  as 
he  faw  Part  of  the  Flejk 
ftolen  from  him,  began  to  ac- 
caft  each  of  Theft.  He  that 
had  taken  it  away,  f wears  by 
Jove,  that  he  had  Nothing  j 
but 


SELECT  FABLfiS  OF  ^ESOP. 


veto  is,  qui  haluit,  pejerat 
iJentidetn,  fc  abjixlif- 
fc  Nihil.  ^  Ad  Q^ios 
Coquui  inquit,  quidem  nunc 
Fur  later.,  fed  is,  ptr 
quern  juraviflis,  infpexit, 
is  fcit. 

MOR. 

Cum  peccavimus,  Homines 
non  fciunt  id  Jlatim  ;  at 
Deus  videt  omnia,  qui  y^/ff 
fupcr  Calosy  &  intuttur 
A  by  fibs. 


but  ^f,  xvho  &z</  it,  fwearg 
again  and  again,  that  he  had  taken 
away  Nothing.  To  whom 
the  Cock  fays,  indeed  now 
the  Thief  lies  hid,  but  he,  £j- 
whom  you  have  f wore,  looked  on» 
he  knows. 

MOR. 

When  •sue  have  Jinne'd,  Men 
do  not  Inoiv  ft  prcjently  ;  but 
Gad  fees  a//  things,  who  ^//r/c 
upon  /ta  Heavens,  and  /co/ff  /«/> 
the  Deeps. 


ABLE    XXXVI. 


&f  LANIO* 


CUM  Ca.w  abftuliffet 
Carnetn  Lanio  in 
Macello,  continuo  conje- 
cit  fefs  in  Ptd:s  quantum 
fotuit.  Lanias  ptrculfus 
Jadluri  Rei,  primilm 
tacuit,  deinde  recipient 
Animum,  fie  acclamavit 
frocttft  O  fu^acifiime, 
curre  tutus,  licet  tibi 
currert  impune  :  nam  nunc 
«  tutus  ob  Cclcritatcm, 
autem  polthac  sbftrva- 
beris  cautius. 

MOR, 

Hacc  Fabula  fignificat, 
fltrofqut  Homines  turn 
dcmum  Jicri  cautiorcs, 
cum  accepsrint  Damnttpt. 


Of  the  Dccar.Jilic  BUTCHER. 

WHen  t&eDoghad  taken  away 
Flc/b  from  the  Butcher  in 
the  Shambles,  immediately  he  be- 
took himfelf  to  hit  Heels  as  much  as 
if  could.  The  Butcher  JlrucJ. 
with  the  Lofs  oftbtThing,  atfirft 
^//f/  /'«  Peace,  afterwards  taking 
Courage,  /Aa*  he  cried  to  him 
a/cr  cifi  O  mod  thieving  Cur> 
run  fafe,  iV  M  lawful  for  thte 
/<?  r««  unpunifticdly  ;  far  noT* 
Moa  art  fafe  ^br  thy  Svviftnefsj 
but  hereafter  than  Jbalt  be  objer*- 
ved  more  cautioufly. 

MOR, 

This  Falle  fjgnifies, 

that  mojl  Men  then 

at  length  become  more  cautious* 

ra  they  hate  received  Damage. 

F  A  B  L  E, 


28       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


FABLE    XXXVII. 


De  AGNO  cS*  LUPO. 

LUpus  cccurnt  Agno 
comitanti  Cap  rum, 
rogitat,  cur  Metre  reli&a, 
potlus  fequatur  olldum 
Hircum,  fuadetque,  ut  rede- 
at  ad  Ubera  Mat  r  is 
tit/lent  a  La£e,  fperans, 
fore  ifa,  ut  la- 

ii'tet  abdutflum  ;  vero  ilic 
i/zya/V,  O  Ltipe,  Mater 
commifit  me  £a/V. 

Kuic  fumma  Cura  fervan- 
di  efl  </J/<3  y  obfcquar  Pa- 
r«z//'  potius  ywanz  tibi,  (7^' 
poftulas  feducere  me  j/?w 
Diftis,  tf  mox  J//?dT- 
/•frf  fubdudlum. 

MOR. 


Noli  />a&rr£  Fidera 
Omnibus  ;  nam  J^fu///,  dum 
•videntur  velle  prodejje 
Aliis,  interim  confulunt 
Sib't. 


Of  the  LAMB  an^/  the  WOLF.. 

TH  E  Wolf  meets  the  Lamb 
accompanying  the  Goat, 
be  qfes,  why  ^/j  Mother  being  left, 
&r  ra/^r  follows  a  Jllnling 
Goat,  and  advifes,  that  he  would 
return  to  the  Dugt  of  his  Mother 
Jlretched  with  Milk,  hoping, 
that  it  would  be/?,  that  A*  way 
butcher  him  drawn  away  ;  but  he 
fays,  O  //^  my  Mother 
hath  committed  me  /<?  him, 
To  him  //><r  ^/V/"  Care  of  keep- 
ing is  given  ;  I  fhall  obey  a  Pa- 
rent  rather  than  thee,  iuha 
required  to  f educe  me  with  thofe 
Sayings,  and  bjr  and  by  /o  tear 
me  in  pieces  drawn  away. 

MOR. 

Be  unwilling  to  have  Faith 
in  all  Men  ;  for  Many,  whilft 
they  feem  to  be  willing  to  profit 
Others,  in  the  mean  time  confult 
for  Themfelves. 


FABLE      XXXVIII. 

De  Agricola  &  Filiis.          0/the  Hulbandman  and  his  Sons. 


AGricola  kabtbat   com- 
plures     Fi/ios,    lique 
fuJre          difcordts  infer 

Se,  guos  Pater 

elabor ans    t  rah  ere     ad    mu- 
tuura     Ar,iorem%     Fafciculo 
a/- 


A 


Hufbandman      lad      ma- 
ny     Sons,        and         they 
•awf  difagreeing  among 

themfflves,     whom     the     Father 
labouring       to      draw      to      mu- 
tual    Love,     a      little     Faggot 
be- 


SELECT  FABLES  OF     ^SOP.     29 

being  futt  commands  them  Jingle 
to  break  it  bound  about 
with  a  fhort  Cord  :  Their  weak 
Touth  endeavoureth  in  vain  ; 
The  Father  loofes  it,  and  gives 
to  each  a  Twig,  tuhich 
when  with  his  Strength  every  one 
eafily  broke  ;  He  Ja\tht  O 
Children,  thus  Nobody  will  be  able 
to  conquer  You  agreeing  ;  buc 
if  ye  fhall  be  willing  to  rags 
with  mutual  Wounds,  and 
/o  drive  on  inteftine  War, 
ye  Hiall  be  at  length  for  a  Prey 
to  your  Enemies. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  teaches,  that  f mall 
Things  increafe  by  Concord, 
great  Things  fall  away  by  D  if  cord. 


tppoftto,       jubet 
effringere  circumdatum 

brevi  FunlcuJo  :  Imbecilla 
JEtatula  conatur  frvjlra  : 
Pater  folvity  redditque 

Jingulis  Virgiilam,  quant 
cum  fro  fuis  Piribus  quifque 

facile  frangeret  ;  Inqult,  O 
Filioli,  fie  Nemo  poterit 
•vine ere  Vos  Concordes  ;  fed 

Jl  volueritis  fevire 

mutuis  Vulncribusy  atque 
ttg it are  inteitinum  Bellurr., 
eritis  tandem  Pisedx 
Hojlibus. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Falula  docet,  parvas 
Res  crefcere  Concordia, 
wagnas  dilabi  Difcordid. 


FABLE    XXXIX. 


De  CARBONARIO  £s* 
FULLONS. 

CArbonarius  invitabat 
Fullonem,  ut  habita- 
ret  fecum  in  eadem  Domo. 
Fullo  inquit,  mi  Homo, 
ijlud  noa  eft  mihi,  *el 
Cordiy  vel  utile  ; 

nam  vereor  magnopere,   net 
Quae  eluam,  Tu 

redclas     tarn       e 
Car  bo  eft. 


quara 


MOR. 

Monemur 
Apologo      atnlulare 


0/"the  COLLIER  a/it/ 
the  FULLER. 

rT"l'HE  ^  Collier  invited 
JL.  the  Fuller,  //?>a/  he  would 
dwell  with  him  in  the  fame  Houfc. 
The  Fuller  faith,  my  Man, 
that  is  not  to  me,  either 
to  nty  Hcartt  or  profitable  ; 
for  /  fear  greatly,  lejl 
what  Things  /  ivajl  clean,  Thou 
mayjl  make  as  blacky  as 
a  Coal  is. 


MOR. 

hoc         We    are    admonifhed 
cum     Apologue        to 


this 
with 


jo      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


inculpatis  ;  monemur 

devitarc  Consortium  fcele- 
r at  or  urn  Hqminum,  velut 
certam  Pejlem  j  nam  iwf- 
que  cvadit  tails,  quales  //' 
iunt,  quibbfcum  verfatur. 


the  iintlamed  }  we  arc  admonifhcd 
to  avoid  the  Company  of  wick' 
ed  Men,  at 

a  certain  Plague  ;  for  every 
one  cometh  out  fuck,  as  they 
are,  •with  whom  he  is  conveifant. 


FABLE    XL, 


DC  AUCUPE  £3" 
PAUUMBO. 

AUceps  -vldet  Palum- 
bum/irof«/nidulantem 
in  altiffima  Arbore  ;  adpro- 
ptrat  ;  denique  njpjitur 
{njidias  ;  forte  premit 
Anguern  Calcibus  ;  hie 
mordct.  Ille  exanimatus  im- 
provifo  Mala,  inquit,  mife- 
rum  Me  !  dum  infidior 
dhfrit  Ipfe  di/perto. 

MQR. 

Hxc  Fatula  fignificat, 
JEot  nonnunquam  cipcum- 
veniri  fuis  Artibuit  Q^i 
met/it Mlur  mala. 


0/"the  FOWLER  a«flT 
the  RiNG-Dovt. 

TH  E  Fowler/^  the  Ring- 
Dove  afar  -off  'making  aNeli 
in  a  very  high  Tree  ;  he  haftens 
to  him  ;  foal/y  he  contrives 
Snares  ;  by  Chance  he  prefles 
a  Snake  with  l/ts  Heels  ;  he 
bites  him.  He  terrified  at  the  fud- 
den  £vilt  fays,  wretch- 
ed Me  !  ivbllft  I  lay  Snarej 
y^r  ayctker,  I  myfelf  pertfh. 


This  jy/tf  fignifies,  /^a| 
^<?y  fometimes  are  circumvent- 
ed with  their  own  Arts^  who 
meditate  evil  Things. 


FABLE    XLT. 


AGRICOLA  < 
CAMBUS. 

Gricola, 
hyemaflet 
multcs     Dies, 
tandem,     laborare 


etspit 


0/"the  HUSBANDMAN  anct 
the  DOGS. 

TH  E    Hnfbandman,     whtn 
he      had       wintered      in 
th«   Country    many    Days, 


Penuria     at  length  to  labour  with  the  Want 

4 


Rcrum,  inter- 
fecit  Ovcs,  deinde  & 
Caff  Has,  poflremo  guoque 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP.   jt 

of  necejfary  Things,  he  kill- 
ed hit  Sheep,  afterwards  alfo 
his  Goats,  la  illy  alfo 

jnaftat  JSovet,  ut  hahat  be  flays  bis  Oxen,  that  he  may  have 
quo  Jujlentet  Corpufculum,  wherewith  he  may  fuftain  his  Bndy, 
fene  cxhauftum  Inedid.  almofl  exhaufted  with  Want. 
Canes  >oidentes  id  conftituunt  The  Dogs  feeing  that  refolve 
qiixrere  Saltern  Fiiga ;  to  feek  Safety  by  Flight  ; 
ettnim  Sefe  non  viSuros  for  that  they  /hould  not  live 
diutius,  qvando  Herus  non  longer,  ivhen  their  Matter  has  not 
pefercit  Bobus  quidem,  /pared  hi»  Oxen  ind  <?./, 
Quorum  Opera  utebatur  in  whofe  Labour  he  ufed  in 
facienilo  ruflico  Opere..  doing  Aw  Country-Work. 


MQR. 


MOR, 


Si       vis       tfie      fahust  If  thou   art  'willing   to   be  fafet 

dccede     ab   eo     eito,    quem  withdraw  from    him  foon,  whom 

vit/es      redac^um      ad     eas  thou     feeji      reduced      to     thofe 

•rfngujlias,         ut         confumat  Strait's^         that         A^        confumes 

Inllrumenta    necejfaria     fuis  the    luftruments    necejfary   for  his 


Operibus,        quo     fuppleatur 
prsfcnii  Inedit. 


*)  whereby 
for  the  prcfent 


befupplied 


FABLE    XLII. 


JDe  VULPE  (5*  LEONE. 


VUtpECULA, 
non  folcbat  videre 
Immanitatem  JLeonit,  con- 
templata  «W  Animal  femtl 
atque  iterum  trepidabat,  £3* 
fugitabat.  Cum  jam  ^r//o 
Leo  oltdiftt  fefc  oiw- 
<J»z,  Vulpes  non  metuit 
Quicquam,  fed  confidenter 
4^',  &  faltital  ilium. 


O^the  Fox  and  the  LIOK. 

TH  E  Fox,  w^s 

wai  not  wont  to  fee 
the  Fiercenefs  of  the  Liont  having 
viewed  that  Beaft  once 
and  fl^a/rt  trembled,  <7«</ 
fled.  When  now  a  f£/W  Time 
the  Lion  A<aaf  offered  himfclf  in  hit 
Way,  the  Fox  feared  not 
any  Thing,  but  confidently 
him. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OFJESOP. 

MOR.  MOR. 


Confuetudo     facit  Nos  .Cuftora              males             Ut 

»ntnes        audaciores,  vel  all                  bolder,                   even 

apud   Eos,  Q^os  vix  antea  among  Thofe,  Whom  fcarce  before 

eti/i  fuimus  afpicere.  ""*  l*/mf-A*+*J *r»  l/\^L-  ,,r>/%,. 


<we  have  dared  to  look  upon, 


FABLE    XLIII. 


ZfcVulpe  fcf  Aqulla 

PROLES 
excurrcbat  foras  ; 

coraprehernfa  a£  Aquila  /V.i- 
plorat  Fidctn  Mains.  Ilia 
Mccurritt  rogat  j4quilam,  ut 
ftimittai  Captivam 

Prolem.  Aqiiila  Kc5a 
frxdzm  fulvolat  ad  Pullos. 
V'llpes,  /"a«  cor- 

rcpta,  quaj*  eff^t 

fbfumf>tura  Munitionem 

fntenth,  Cum          jam 

afcendiffet  sfrkorem, 

inqiiit,  nune  lucre  1'et 
tuofque,  Ji  potes.  Aqui- 
la trepidans,  dum  mctuit 
Jncendlumt  inqnit,/>ar«  Mihi, 
rcddara  quicyuld  habeo 
luum. 

MOR. 

Intellige  per  Aquilam 
fotentes,  atq;  audaccs  j  per 
Pulpcm  pauperculos,  Quos 
Divites  ftipenumero  opprt- 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Eagle. 

THE     Young     of    the    Fox 
ran  abroad  ; 

caught  by  the  Eagle  foe  im- 
plores the  Help  of  her  Dam.  She 
raw  i//,  aiks  the  Eagle,  that 
yj*  •would  difmifs  her  Captive 
Toiing.  The  Eagle  having  got 
her  Prey^/Vj  aiy<3y  to  /&«•  Toung. 
The  Fox,  a  Firebrand  being 
fnatched  up,  #/  »/  fhe  was 
about  to  J<j!rey  her  Fortrefs 
with  Fire,  When  now 
fhc  hr.d  gotten  upon  the  Tree, 
fays,  now  defend 
and  thine,  j/"Thou  canft. 
gle  trembling,  whilfl  fhe  fears 


Inter  dum     probe     uklfcuntur 
Injuriam  accrptam. 


I   will 


Firet       fays,      fpare      Me, 
ill  reftore   ivhatfoeicr  I  have 


MOR. 

Underfland  iy  the  Eagle 
the  potent,  and  bold  ;  by 
/itf  /ox  the  Poor,  Whom 
the  Rich  oftentimes  op- 
prefs  3y  Force.  But  the  Hurt 
fometimes  foundly  revenge 

the  Injury  received. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.      33 
FABLE    XLIV. 


De  Agricola  & 
Ciconia. 

GRuibus        Anftnlufque 
depafcentibus      Sala, 
Rullicus  prtetcndit 

Laqueum.  GVz/«Capiurit(ir, 
jlnferes  capiuntur,  tf 
Ciconia  capitur.  Ilia  fup- 
plicat,  clamitans,  Sefe  inno- 
centem,  &  efle  nee  Gruem, 
nee  Anfcrem,  fed  optimam 
omnium  Avium,  qu'ippe  QUOE 
femper  confueverit  infervire 
Parent!  fedulo,  &  a/ere 
Etim  coTifeSum  Senio. 
Slgricola  inquit,  probe 
fcio  omnla  hac  ;  verum 
poltquam  cepimus  Te  cum 
nocentibus,  morieris  quoqus 
cum  Eis. 

MOR. 

Qui  committit  Crimen, 
£f  Is,  $>ui  adjungit  Se 
Socium  Sceleratis, 

pledluntur  fan 

I'ocna. 


Oflhc.  Hu&andman  and 
the  Stork. 

THE   Cranes    and  the   Gecfe 
feeding      on      the       Corn, 
the  Countryman  fed 

a  Gin.  The  Cranes  are  taken, 
the  Geefe  are  taken,  and 
the  Stork  is  talen.  She  en- 
treats, crying,  that  She  was  inno- 
cent, and  was  neither  a  Crane, 
nor  a  Goofe,  but  the  beft 
of  all  Birds,  as  Who 
always  ufed  /o  yJri>£  her 
Father  diligently,  and  /o  nourijh 
Him  «WH  ea/  with  old  Age. 
The  Hujlandman  fays,  ivell 
know  I  a//  thefe  Things  ;  but 
fince  Wtf  have  taken  Thee  «p//£ 
/£*  offending,  thou  fhalt  die  o^i 
with  Them. 

MOR. 

He  that  committeth  a  Crime, 
*W  He,  Who  joins  Himftjf 
a  Companion  /o  /A*  Wtcledt 
are  puniflied  itv'/A 
Paniihment. 


FABLE    XLV. 


De  OPILIONE 
AGRICOLJS. 


PUER     pafcebat     Oves 
editiore  Pratulo,     o/y; 
clamitans   terqut,  quaterqtie 
per 


Of  the  SHEPHERD  and 
the  COUNTRYMEN. 

A  Boy      fed      his       Sheep 
f/£c«  a  higher  Ground,   anJ 
crying1  Inth  thrice,,  and  four  tiroes 


34      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


fer  Jocum,  Lupum  adeffe, 
txcitbat  Agricolas  undi- 
gue  :  I  Hi  illuji 

frepitis,  a'um  non  fubvtniunt 
imploranti  jftixitium,  Ovcs 

Jiunt  Praeda  Lupo. 

Mo*. 

Si  Quifpiam  confuevefft 
mentirit  Fides  ftoh  kabebitur 
facile  Ei,  cum  occeft* 
rit  narrarc  verum. 


in  Jcft,  that  the  Wolf  was  there* 
hs  raifeft  the  Countrymen 
on  all  Sides  :  They  being  deluded 
too  often,  >wbiljl  they  do  not  come 
to  him  imploring  Help,  the  Sheep 
become  a  Prey  /<?  the  Wolf. 

MOR. 

If  o«y  One  ha«  been  ufcd 
#o  He,  Faith  •will  not  be  had 
eafily  in  Him,  when  hsfoall  hav: 
begun  to  tell  the  Truth. 


FABLE    XLVI. 


jbe  Aqoila  £s"  Corvo. 

AQJJ  I  L  A  Avolat 
cditiflima  Rvpe, 
in  Ttrgum  Agni.  Corvuj 
videos /</gcftit,  veluti  Simia, 
imitari  Aquilam,  dimittit 
Se  in  Veil  us  Arietis  ; 
climifTus  impeditur ;  impe- 
ditus  comprthenditur  ; 

coroprehenfus  projicitur 

Putiis. 


0/the  Eagle  <m</the  Crow. 


THE  EAGLE  fie 
from  a  very  high  Rockt 
on  the  Bad  of  a  Lamb.  The  Crow 
feeing  that  rcjoiceth,  as  an  Ape, 
to  imitate  the  Eagle,  He  drops 
Himfelf  upon  the  Fleece  of  a  Ram  ; 
dropt  down  He  is  entangled  ;  en- 
tangled he  is  taien  ; 
taken  he  ii  throw  A 
to  the  Boys* 

MoR. 

Qmfque        eftimet        Se         Let  every   One  efleem   Himfelf 

fud,  non  Virtutc  ly    his    own,    rot    by    the    Virtue 

Aliorum.      Tentet  Id,  Quod  of  Others.     Attempt  That,  Which 

poffiiiyiK?/?.  thou  mayft  be  able  to  do. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP,      35 
FABLE    XLVIL 


De  invido  GANE  & 
BOVE. 

CANIS  decunlelat 
Praefepi  plena  Foeni  ; 
Bos  venit,  at  comedat ; 
Ille  furrigens  Sefe  prohibet : 
£os  inquit,  Dit  perdanc 
Te  cum  \fthac  tua  Jnvididt 
QJJI  ««•  yefceris  Fano, 
tiecjinis  Me  iw/«. 

MOR. 

Plcrique  funt  eb  Ingenlo, 
tit  invideant  Ea 

y//«V,   Qua;  y»«/  ft  till  i    i7/a; 
Sibi. 


0/"the  envious  Doo  and 
the  Ox. 

THE  DOG  lay  down 
in  a  Rack  full  of  Hay  ; 
The  Ox  cometh,  that  He  may  eat ; 
He  raifing  Himfelf  hinders  Hitri  £ 
72*  Ox  fays,  AToy  /^  Go^/  deftroy 
72«  with  /Arf/  thy  Envy) 
Who  neither  art  fed  w«VA  ^ys 
nor  fufferejl  Me  /o  ^e/^^. 

MOR. 

Marty  ar*  of  that  Temper, 
that  /^  envy  thofe  Things 
*o  Others,  Which  are  of  no  #/* 
to  Themfelves. 


flrepltai 
Ovicul'ae : 


FABLE    XLVIIL 

De  Cornicula  £5"  Ove.  Of  the  Jackdaw  and  the  Sheep* 

TH E  Jackdaw  makes  a  No'ife 
on  the  Back  of  the  Sheep  i 
The  Sheep  fays,//"thou  made  a  Noife 
thus  to  a  Dog,  thou  ivotilc/eji  beaf 
the  Damage.  But  the  Jackdaw 
faith,  I  know  Whom  I  may  infult, 
treullefome  to  the  mild,  friendly 
to  the  cruel. 

MOR. 


COrnicula 
in     Dorfo 

Ovis  inquit,  Si  obftrcpercs 
Jtc  Cani,  ferret 

Infortunium.  At  Cornicula 
tnquit,  fcio  Quibus  infulttm, 
molejta  placidis,  arnica 
faevis. 

MOR. 


Mali  tnfvltant  innocent!  Evil  Men  infuh  the  innocent 
Cff  miti  ;  fed  Nemo  irritat  and  mild  ;  but  no  One  irritates 
feroce*  &  malignos.  the  fierce  and  mifchievous. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


FABLE    XLIX. 


De  Pavone  £f? 
Lufcinia. 

PA  V  O  queritur  a  pud 
Junonem,  Conjtigem  & 
Sororem  Jovis,  Lufcini- 
am  cantillare  fuaviter,  Se 
irrideri  ab  Omnibus  ob 
raucam  Ravim.  Cui 

Juno  inquit,  Lufcinia  longe 
fuperat  in  Cantu,  Tu  Plu- 
mis  ;  Quifque  habet  Suam 
Dotem  '  a  Diis.  Decet 
Unumquemq;  effe  contcn-' 
iumjua  Sorte. 

MOR. 

Sumamus  Eat  Quae 
Deus  largitur,  grata  Animo, 
usque  quctramus  majora. 


Of  the  Peacock  and 
the  Nightingale. 

THE  Peacock  complains  to 
Juno,  the  Wife  and 
Sifter  of  Jupiter,  that  the  Nightin- 
gale fung  fweetly,  that  He 
was  laughed  at  by  All  for 
his  hoarfe  Squalling.  To  whom 
Juno  fays,  The  Nightingale  by  far 
excels  in  Singing,  Thou  in  Fea- 
thers ;  Every  One  ha  8  bis 
Gift /row  the  Gods.  It  becometh 
Every  One  to  be  content 
•with  his  own  Lot. 

MOR. 

Let  us  take  thoft  Things,  Which 
God  bcftows,  with  a  grateful  Mind, 
nor  let  us  feek  greater  Things, 


FABLE    L. 


De  fenicula  Mu STELA  & 

MURIBUS. 

MUsTELA  careas 

Viribus  prt  Senio 
non  valebat  infequi  Mures 
jam  itat  ut  folebat  ;  coepit 
meditari  Dolum  ;  abfcondit 
Se  in  Colliculp  Farinet 
fie  fperans  fore, 

ut  venetur  citra  Laborem. 
Mures  accurrunt,  £3*  dum 
fupiunt  en"  tare  Farinam, 
O  nines  devorantur  ad  Unum 
k 


0/"the  old  WE  A  .TEL  and 
the  MICE. 

THE  WEASEL  wanting 
Strength  thro'  old  Age, 
•was  not  alle  to  purfue  the  Mice 
now  fo, us  He  was  wont;  He  began 
to  meditate  a  Trick  ;  He  hides 
Himfelf  in  a  Heap  of  Meal, 
thus  hoping  that  it  would  be, 
that  he  may  hunt  without  Labour. 
The  Mice  run  to  it,  and  whild 
they  deftre  to  eat  the  Meal, 
They  all  are  devoured  to  One 
by  the  Wcafel. 

MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP.   37 

MOR.  MOR. 


Ubi  Qulfquam  fuerit  de- 
Jlttutus  Viribus,  eft  Opus 
Ingenio.  Lyfander  Laceda- 
monius  folcbat  dieere  fub- 
inde,  quo  leonina  P tills 
non  perveniret,  Viilpinam 
ejje  affumendamf 


When  any  One  fliall  be  de- 
Jlitute  of  Strength,  there  is  Need 
of  Wit.  JLyfander  the  Lacede- 
monian ufed  to  fay  oft- 
en, where  the  Lion's  Skin 


would  not  reach, 
•was  to  be  taken. 


that  the  Fox'« 


FABLE    LI. 


De  LEONE  &  RAHA. 

LE  O,       cum       audiret 
Ranam  loquacem 

magni,  putans  effe 

aliquod  magnum  Animal, 
vertit  Se  retro,  et  Jlans 
parum,  videt  Ranam 
exeuntem  e  Stagno  ;  Q^am 
flatlm  indignabundus  con~ 
culcavfc  Pedibus,  inquiens, 
non  movebis  amplius 
ullum  Animal  clamorc,  ut 
perfpictat  Te. 

MOR. 

Fabula    fign\ficatt     qxiod 
epud         verbofos  Nihil 

Linguam. 


0/the  LION  and  the  FROG. 

TH  E  Lion,  <whtn  he  heard 
the         Frog          talking 
at  a  great  Rate,  thinking  it   to  be 
fome  great  Beaft, 

turned  Himfclf  bacltt  and  /landing 
a  little,  He  fees  the  Frog 
going  out  of  the  Pool ;  which, 
prefenlly  enraged  He  trod  un- 
der with  his  Feet,  faying, 
Thou  Thalt  not  move  any  more 
any  jfnimal  with  thy  Noife,  that 
He  may  look  at  Thee. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  fignifies,  that 
among  noify  Men  Nothing 
is  found  except  a  Tongue. 


FABLE    LII. 

De  FORMICA  fc?  COLUMBA.       0/the  PISMIRE  and  the  DOTE, 


FOrmica     Jitiens      venit 
ad         Fonteno,         ut 
bibcret  ;        forte       incidit 


E  Pifmire  thirjling  came 
JL        to      a      Fountain,       that 
{he  might  drink  ;  by  chance  fhc  fell 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


in       Puteum.  Columba 

fuperfidens  Arlorem  im- 
xninentcm  Fonti,  cum 
confpiceret  Formicam  obrui 
Aquis,  frangit 

Ramulum  ex  Arbore, 
Quern  dejicit  Jine  Mora 
in  Fontem.  Formica 
confcendens  Hunc  fervatur. 
duceps  venit,  «/  capiat 
Columbam  ;  Formica  per- 
cipiens  Id,  mordet  unutn 
fx  Pedibus 
Columba  avolat. 


*»/»  a  Well.  r^f 
•  fitting  upon  a  Tree  hanging 
over  tke  fountain,  when 
foe  faw  the  Pifmire  overwhelmed 
in  the  Waters,  £r<ra&r 
a  little  Branch  /row  the  Tree, 
Which  (he  throws  without  Delay 
into  the  Fountain.  7/fe  Pifmire 
getting  upon  This  is  faved. 
The  Fowler  comes,Ma/he  maytake 
fta  Z)0w  ;  the  Ant  perceiv- 
ing That,  tow  one 
of  the  Feet  q/  fta  Fowler  j 
the  Dovejlies  away. 


MOR.  ,  MOR. 

Fabula     J*gnificat,      cum         The     Fable    Jtgnif.es,      whet* 

Brula  funt  grata  in    Bcneft-  Brutes    are   grateful   to   Benefac- 

cos,          eo          magis          li  /Crj,  by   fo  much  the  more  They 

efle,    $>ui  funt  Par-  ought    to    be>     /f#0   are    Parfa- 

Rationis.  kers  of  Reafon. 


F  A 

Z><?  Pavone  &  Pici 


Se 


Qui 

£^/ 


GENS     Avium     cum 
•vagaretur  libere,  o/>/a- 
itz/     Regem       dari      Sibi. 
Pa-yo  putabat 

imprimis  dignum, 
eligeretur,  cjuia 
formofiffimus.  ^foc  accep- 
fo  m  Regtm,  jP/Va  inquif, 
O  Rex,  fi,  TV  imperante, 
jlquila  cceperit  infequi 
Nos  perftrenue,  Ut  /o/fJ?, 
quo  Modo  abi- 

ges     ///aw  /•      .quo 
fervabis  Nos  ? 


L  E    LIII. 

Of  the  Peacock  and  the  Magpie. 

TH  E  Nation  of  Birds,  when 
M<?j  wandered  freely,  wl/bed 
for  a  King   to  be  given   to  Them. 
The     Peacock     thought     Himfelf 
chiefly  worthy,  Who 

Jhould  be  chofen,  becaufe  He  was 
the  mod  beautiful.  He  being  re- 
ceived for  King,  the  Magpie  fays, 
0  King,  if,  Tou  governing, 
the  Eagle  fhoulvl  begin  to  purfue 
Us  Jlrenuoufly,  as  Jbe  is  wontt 
by  what  Method  will  you  drive  a- 
way  Her  ?  by  what  Means 
will  you  prefervc  Us  ? 

MOK. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.      39 

MOR.  MOR. 

In  Principe  Forma  non  eft         In    a    Prince     Beauty    Is    not 

tarn        fpehanda,          quam  fo    much      to     be      regarded^     as 

Fortitudo    Corporis  fc?  Pru-  Strength      of     Body     and    Pru- 

dentia.  dence. 


F  A  3  L  E    LIV. 


De 


MEDICO. 


M 


grotum  ;  tandem  Ille 
moritur  ;  turn  Medicus  inqui t 
ad  Cognates,  Hie  peribat 
fntemperantid. 

MOR. 


Of  Ac  SICK  MAN  and 
the  PHYSICIAN. 

Phyfician  hadin  cure  a  Sick 
Man  ;  at  length  He 
died  ;  then  the  Phyjician  faid 
to  the  Kinfmen,  This  Man  perifhed 
by  Intemperance* 

MOR. 


A 


Nifi         $>nis       reliquerit          Unlefs  Any  One  fhall  have   left 

Eibacitatem       &      Libidinem  Drunkenncfs  and  Luji 

mature,        aut        nunquatn  timely,         either         He      never 

perveniet  ad   Seae3ateatt   aut  tuill  -arrive     to     old     Aget     or 

eft        habiturus      perbrevem  is        to      have        a     very     Jbort 

Seneclutem.  old  Age. 


FABLE    LV. 


De  LEONE  £3*  aliie. 

LE  O,        dfinusy          & 
Vulpes  eunt  venatum  ; 
ampla      Venatio       capitur  ; 
capta       eft     ju/fo      partiri  : 
Jlfino    ponente  Singulis    fin- 
gulas    Paries,    Leo    irrugi- 
ebatt   rapit   Afmum,   ac  lani- 
at.          Poftea        </a/         id 
Negotii      Vulpeculse,    /  §>ue 
aflutior, 


Of  the  LION  and  other  Beads. 

THE  LION,   the   4fs,   and 
the     Fox     ge     /0    hunt  ; 
an       ample      P«y      is      taken  ; 
taken  is  commanded  to  be    parted  : 
The  Afs  putting  to  each  their  fin- 
gle      Partt,     the      Lion      roar- 
ed, he  fcized'*£i  Afst  and  butchert 
him.     Afterwards    he  gives   that 
Bufmefs      to     the      Fox,       /F/Jo 
more  cunning, 


40   SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP. 


aftutior,  cam  longc 

9ptima  Parte  propofita,  rcfer- 
vaviflet  i>ix  minimam, 
Leo  rogat,  a  Quo  fie 
doda  ?  Cui  Ilia  inquit, 
Calamitas  Afini  docuit 
Me. 

MOR. 

Ille  eft  Felix,  Qitm  aliena 
Pericula  faciunt  cautum. 


more  cunning,  'when  by  far 
the  beji  Part  being  propofc d,  fhe  had 
referred  fcarcc  a  very  fmall  one, 
the  Lion  afks,  by  Whom  fa 
taught  ?  To  Whom  She  fays, 
the  Calamity  of  the  Afs  has  taught 
Me. 

MOR. 

He  is    Happy,    Whom   othcrt 
Dangers  make  cautious. 


FABLE     LVI. 

De  H^EDO  fe1  LUPO.  Of  the  KID  and  the  WOLF. 


HjEdns     profpecians      e 
Feneflrd  autkbat 


A   KID      looking      out      of 
<r  Window  dared 


lacejjere     Lupu-m    pratereun-  to      frovokt      a      Wolf     paJfinS 

tern          Convitiis  ;        •      Cui  by    with     Revilings  ;      to    Whom 

Lupus     ait,     Scelefte,     7«  the    Wolf  fays,     Wretch,    Thou 

non    couvitiaris    Mibit    fed  doft       not       revile      Mer       but 


always 


MOR.  MOR. 

Tempus  £5*  Locus  femptr         Time      and      Place 
addunt   dudaciam    Homini.     add  Boldnefs  to  a  Man. 


FABLE    LVII. 

De  Leone  Es5  Capra.,     [  0/the  Lion  an«/the  Goat. 


LE  O    forte      confpica- 
tU3  Capram  ambulan- 
tera     tditd       Rupe       vionet, 
Ut      dtfcendat        ia        viricle 
Pratum  :  Capra  inquit,  For- 
taje  facerem,  Ji     Tu    abcf- 
fes  )        Qu'i       non      fuades 
Mihi 


THE  LION  by  chants  having 
feen      a       Goat      walk- 
ing   on     a    high     Rock     advifes, 
tfaljke  would  defcend  into  the  green 
Pafture  :      The   Goat  fays,    Per- 
haps  I  fhould   do  it  if  You   was 
away;      Wfo   do    not   perfuade 
Me 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP. 


Mihi  iftud,    tit  Ego   capiam  Me    to    that,    that    I   may     take 

uliara    Voluptatem   inde  ;  fed  any       Pleafure        thtnce  ;       but 

ut       7«       habeas,       Qnod  that    T^oa     mayft     have,      #7>af 

famelicus  vor«.  being  hungry  Thou  mayjl  devour. 

MOR.  MOR.' 

Ne  habeas/Yc&CT  omnibus}  Do    not   have    Faith     in    all  5 

«am   Quidam   non    confulunt  for         Some       do       not       confute 

Tibi,y*r/  Sibi.  for  You,  but  for  themfclves. 


FABLE      LVIII. 


De  VULTURE  aliifque 
AVIBUS. 

VUltur  adfimulat,  Se 
celeb  rare  annuum 
Natalem  ;  invitat  Av't- 
culas  ad  Ccenam  ;  fere 
omnes  veniunt  ;  accipit 
venientes  magno  Plaufu 
Favoribufque  :  Vultur 

lanlat  acceptas. 

MOR. 

Omnes  non  font    Araici, 
Qui      dicunt     blande,     ant 
fimulantt    Se  facers     benig- 
ne. 


0/"the  VULTURE  and  other 
BIRDS. 

THE  Vulture  feigns,  that  He 
would  celebrate  his  annual 
Birth-Day  ;  He  invites  the  little 
Birds  to  Supper  ;  almoft 
all  come  ;  He  receives 
them  coming  with  great  Applaufc 
and  Favours  :  The  Vulture 
butchers  them  received. 

MOR.' 

Al!        are         not         Friends* 
Who  fpcak         foirly,          or 

pretend,   that  They  will  do  kind- 


FABLE    LIX. 


De  ANSEJUBUS 
GRUIEUS. 


ANfertrs 
fim  ill 
«odei» 


pajcelanfur 

Gruibus 

Gruca 

confpicat* 


Of  the  GEES  B  an*/ 
the  CRANES. 

THE        Geefe         w^r*      fed 
at  the  fame  time  «fiV>6theCrancs 


in  the  fame  Field. 


The  Cranet 
having  fee* 


42      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


confpicate  Rufticos, 

leves  avolant  ;  sfnferes 
capiuntur,  <$>ui  impediti 
Oner'e  Corporis,  non  pott- 
rant  fubvolare. 

MOR. 

Urbc  expugnata  ab  Ho- 
Jlibust.  In  ops  facile  fubd  li- 
cit Se  ;  at  Dives  captus 
fervit.  In  Bella  Divitis: funt 
mag  is  Oner i  quam  Ufui. 


having  feen  the  Countrymen, 
being  light  fly  away  ;  The  Geefe 
arc  taken,  Who  hindered 
with  Burden  of  Body,  luefe 
not  able  to  fly  away. 

MOR. 

A  City  being  befieged  by  Ene- 
mies, the  poor  Man  eafily  with- 
draws Himfelf ;  but  the  Rich  taken 
ferves.  In  War  Riches  are 
more  for  a  Burden  than  an  Ufe. 


FABLE    LX. 

De  Anu  £ff  Ancillis.  Of  the  old  Woman  c.Whcr  Maids, 


Q  Used  am  Anus  habebat 
Domi  complures 
j/1nci/las,  quas  quotidie 
excitabat  ad  Opus  ad  Can- 
turn  Galli,  Quern  habebat 
Domi,  antequam  lucefce- 
ret.  Ancills  tandem 

commotf  Tasdio 

quatidiani  Ncgotii  obtrun- 
cant  Gallum,  fperantes  jam, 
Ilk  necato,  Sefe  dormitu- 
ras  vfque  ad  Meridiem  ;  fed 
base  Sfcs  decepit  Eas  ;  nam 
ffera,  ut  refcivitt 

Gallum  interemptum,  dein- 
ceps  jubet  Eas  furgtrc 
intempelta  Node. 

MOR. 

Non  Pauci,  dum  Jludent 
cvitare  Malumt  incidunt  in 
gravius. 


A  Certain    old    Woman    had 
at  Home  many 

Maids,  whom  daily 

(he  rouzed  to  Work  at  the  Crow- 
ing of  a  Coct,  which  Jht  had 
at  Home,  before  that  it  was 
light.  The  Maids  at  length 
moved  with  the  Wearifomnefs 
of  their  daily  BuOnefs  be- 
head  the  Cock,  hoping  now, 
He  being  killed,  that  They  fliould 
fleep  even  to  Mid-day  ;  but 
this  Hope  deceived  Them ;  for 
the  Mijlrefs,  as  foon  as  jhs  knetut 
that  the  Cock  was  killed,  thence- 
forwards  commands  Them  to  rift 
at  Mid -night. 

Mo*. 

Not  a  few,  whilft  they  Jludy 
to  avoid  an  Evil,  fall  into 
a  heavier. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP. 
FABLE    LXI. 


43 


Dt  ASINO   S3  EQUO.  Of  the  Ass  and  the  HORSE. 


A  Sinus  pvtabat  Equutn 
beaturh,  quod  effet 
pinguis,  £5*  degeret  in  Otio  ; 
verb  dicebat  Se  infelicem, 
quod  effet  maclkntus,  & 
Jlrigofus,  &  quotidie  exer- 
cerctur  #3  immiti  /fe'o  in 
ferendis  Oneribus.  Hand 
raulto  pofl  conelamant  ad 
Arma  ;  turn  Equus  non  re- 
pulit  Fraenum  Ore, 

Equitetn  Dorfo,  nee 
Telum  Corpore.  AJinus, 
Hoc  iii/a,  agebat  magnas 
Gratias  Diis,  quod  non  fe- 
c'lffent  Se  Equum,  fed 
^IJlnum- 

MOR. 

Sunt  Miferi,  Qiios 
Vulgus  judicat  bcatos  ;  & 
non  Pauci  funt  ^fa/;',  Q^ii 
putant  Se  miferrimos. 
Sutor  crepidarius  dictt 
Regem  felicem,  non  con- 
Jiderans  in  quanta*  Res  £2? 
Solicitudines  dijlrahiiurt 
dum  interim  Ipfc  cantillat 
cum  o///««  Paupcrtatc. 


THE  Afs  thought  the  Horfe 
happy,  becaufe  he  ivas 
fat  and  lived  in  Idlenefs  ; 
but  he  called  Himfslf  uahappy, 
becaufe  He  Was  lean,  and 
raw-boned,  afld  daily  was  exer- 
cifed  by  an  unmerciful  Majler  in 
bearing  Burdens.  j?VW 

much  0/ter  they  cry  to 
Arms  ;  then  the  Horfe  //row  wai 
bach  the  Bridle  y"ro/n  />/j  Mouth, 
the  Horfeman  j/rom  £«•  Back,  nor 
the  Dart  from  his  Body. 
This  £««f  ^^71,  gave 
Thanks  to  the  Gods,  that  they  had 
not  made  him  a  Horfe t  but 

MOR. 

They  are  miferable,  Whom 
the  Vulgar  judges  happy  ;  and 
not  a  feiv  are  happy,  Who 
think  Themfelves  mojt  miferable. 
The  Cobler  calls 

the  King  happy,  not  conjider- 
ing  into  ^o-zy  ^raz/  Affairs  a»rf 
Troubles  /'e  is  Jra<zvnt 
whilfl  in  the  mean  time  He  Jtngs 
with  bit  left  Poverty. 


FABLE 


44      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


FABLE    LXII. 

De  LKONB  y  TAURO.  Ofihc  LION  and  the  BULL. 


TAurus  fugiens  Leo- 
nem  incldit  in  Hlrcum ; 
Is  mln'itabatur  Cornu  & 
caperata  Fronte  :  Ad  Quern 
Taurus  plenut  Ira  inquit, 
Tua  Front  con  trad  a  in 
Rugas  r.on  tsrntat  Me  ; 
fed  metuo  immanem 

Leonem,  Qui  nifi  hareret 
roe  Tergo  jam  /«>« 
efle  «o«  ita  parvam  Rem 
pugnare  cum  Tauro. 

MOR. 

Calamitas  ncn  ^f?  addenda 
calamitous.  Eft       JI///}r 

fat,   J^«;  e&  feme!  mifer. 


THE  Bull  /J//TJ  the  Li- 
on  fell  upon  toe  Goal  ; 
He  threatened  with  his  Horn  0«</ 
wrinkled  Brow  :  To  /Wow; 
the  Bull  full  of  Anger  /m/, 
Thy  Brow  c/oiitradltd  into 
Wrinkles  does  not  affright  Me  ; 
but  1  fear  a  vajl 

Lion,  Who  unlefs  /&*  /«f^ 
to  my  Back,  now  youjkould  know 
that  it  is  nof  fo  #//&  a  Thing 
to  f. git  with  a  Bull. 

MOR. 

Calamity  w  not  to  be  added 
/o  the  calamitous.  He  is  miferable 
enough,  Who  is  c««  miferable. 


FABLE     LXIII. 


De   TESTITUDINE    £3* 
AQUILA. 

a  repiandt 

occupaverat  Teflitud'uiem  ; 
fi  Quis  tolleret  Earn  in 
Calum,  pollicetur  Baccas 
rubri  Marls.  Aquila 

fujlulit  Earn  ;  pofcit  Ptae- 
mium  ;  y  fodit£am  non  ha- 
bentem  Unguibus.  Ita, 

Telludo,  £)u<t  concupivit 
ifidfre-A.fi.ra,  reliquit  Vitam 
in  Aftris. 


Of    the     TORTOISE     and 
the  EAGLE. 

WEarinefs  of  creeping 
had  feized  the  Tortoife  ; 
{(any  One  would  lift  up  Her  into 
Heaven,  She  promifes  the  Pearls 
of  the  red  Sea.  The  Eagle 
took  vp  Her  ;  demands  the  Re- 
ward ;  and  pierces  Her  not  hav- 
ing it  with  her  Talons.  Thus, 
the  Tortoife,  Which  defired 
to  fee  the  Stars,  left  her  Life 
in  the  Stars.  " 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  jESOP.      4 


MOR. 

-  Sis  contentus  tua  Sorte. 
Fuere  NonnuUi,  Qni, 
Jl  manfiflent  hurniTes, 
fuifient  tuti  ;  fafti  fublimes, 
inciderunt  in  Pericula. 


MOR. 

Be  conttnted  with  thy  Lot. 
There  have  been  Some,  Who, 
if  they  had  remained  low, 
would  have bcenfafe;  becomtkigh, 
have  fallen  into  Dangers. 


FAB 

L  E     LXIV. 

De    CANCRO    Cs*    ejas 
MATRE. 

Of    the     CRAB     and    his 
MOTHER. 

MAter  menet  Cancrum 
retrogradum,          nt 
eat       antrorfum.            Filius 
refpondet,  Mater,     I     pr<e, 
fequar. 

THE  Mother  advtfes  the  Crab 
going     backwards,        that 
He  would  go  forwards.      The  Son 
anfwers,    Mother,  go  vou  before, 
I  will  follow. 

MOR. 
Reprehenderis        Nullum 
Vitii,            cujus              Ipfe 
queas  reprehendi. 

MOR. 
You   fliould    reprehend   no  One 
of  a  Vice,  of  which  You  Yourfelf 
may  lit  reprehended. 

FABLE      LXV. 


De    SOLE    £f?    AQUI- 

LONE. 

SOL          G?          Aquilo 
certant,          Uter        fit 
fortior.         Eft     conventtim 
ab  Illis    experiri     Fires     in 
Fiat  or  em  ;  ut         ferat 

Palmam,  <>>ul  excuflcrit 
Manticam.  Boreas  aggre- 
ditur  Viatorem  horrifono 
Nimbo  ;  at  I  Lie  non  dejiftit 
duplicare  AmiEium  gradi- 
endo. 


Of  the    SUN    and    the    NORTH - 
WIND. 

THE  Sun  fcf  the  North- Wind 
Jlrive,  Whether  it 
the  ftronger.  //  is  agreed 
by  Them  to  try  tktir  Strength  upon 
a  Traveller  ;  that  He  bear 
the  Palm,  Who  (hall  havefhaken  off 
his  Cloak.  Boreas  fets  up* 
on  the  Traveller  with  a  rattling 
Cloud  ;  but  He  does  not  dejijl 
to  double  his  Cloak  in  going 
on. 


46       SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 


rndo.  Sol  experitur  fuas 
Fires,  Nimboque  paulatim 
cvj&o,  emit  tit 

Radios.  Viator  incipit 
aftuare,  fudare,  anhelare  : 
Tandem  nequient  progredi 
rejidet  fub  frondofo  Nemore. 
Ita  Vidoria  contigit  Soli. 

MOR. 

Id  f<epe  obtinctur  Man- 
fuetudine,  Quod  non  poteft 
extorqueri  Vi. 


on.  The        Sun      tries      his 

Strength,  and  the  Storm  little  by  little 
being  overcome,  fends  forth 
his  .beams.  The  Traveller  begins 
to  grow  hot,  to  fweat,  to  pant  : 
At  length  not  being  able  to  go  on 
He  fits  do'wn  under  afhady  Grove. 
Thus  the  Vidory/*//  to  tht  Sun. 

MOR. 

That  often  is  obtained  by  Gen- 
tlenefs,  which  it  not  able 
to~be  extorted  by  Force. 


FABLE 

De  ASINO. 


A  Sinus  venit   in  Sylvan, 
offend  it  Exuvias  Le- 
oni,  Quibtis          indutus 

venit  in  Pafcuat  terri- 
lat  C5*  fugat  Greges 
&  Armenia.  Venit,  Qui 
perdiderat,  qua: r it at  funm 
jijinum.  Afinus,  Hero  vifo, 
occur  r  it)  imo  incur' 

rtt  fuo  Rugitu.  At 
Herat  Auricuiis  prehenfis, 
Qua  extabant,  inquit, 
Mi  Afelle,  poju  falle- 
re  ^//oj,  Ego  probe  novi  7"f. 

Moa. 

J&efimiiks  Te  £^,  Q^od 
non  et  ;  non  dofium,  cum 
^/w  indodus ;  non  jades 
Te  divltem  &  nobilem,  cum 
jfa  pauper  Ss5  ignobilis  ; 
etenlm,  vero  camperto, 
rideber-'s. 


LXVI. 

O/"  the  Ass. 


THE  Afs  ro»7i«  into  the  Wood, 
finds  //><?  i'/'/'n  of  a  Li- 
on, wi//6  Which  bting  clad 
He  comes  into  the  Pajlures,  af- 
frights flnJputs  to  Flight  theFlocks 
and  Herds.  He  comes,  WAo 
had  loft  him,  /<?^j  his 


runs  to  him,  nay  runj  upon 
Him  with  his  Braying.  But 
//.xr  Majler  his  Ears  £«'«£  ^f/r/, 
Which  ^/?oo^/  oz</,  fays, 
Afj»  Afs,  /^OM  wflj'y^  be  able  to  de- 
ceive Others,  I  full  ive/l  kaovfTbte, 

MOR. 

.  Do  notffign  Thyfelf  to  be,  What 
thou  art  not  ;  not  learned,  when 
/iott  a/-/  unlearned  ;  do  not  boaji 
Thyftlf  rick  and  noble,  whvn 
T^oa  ar/  poor  a«J  ignoble  ; 
fsr,  the  Truth  ^«'»j  found, 
thou  wilt  be  laughed  at. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP.      47 
FABLE     LXVII. 


De  raordaci  CANE. 


DOmJ 
Can't  fubinde  mordentt 
Homines,  at  Quifq;  ^caveret 
Sibi.  Canis,  rat  us 

Id  Decus  trlbutum  fuss 
Vlrtuti,  defpicit  fuos  Popu- 
lares.  Aliqius  jam  grav'ir 
JEtate  fcr'Auctoritate  accedit 
ad  hunc  Canem,  monens 
Earn,  ne  crret  ;  nam 
inquit,  Ida  Nola  eft  data 
Tibi  in  Dedecus,  non  in 
Decus. 

MOR. 

Glorlofus  inter  dtim 

ducit  Id  Laudi  &'£/', 
Quod  ejl  Vituperio  Ipft. 


Of  the  biting  DOG. 

THE  Matter  tied  a  little  Bell 
to  the  Dog  often  biting 
Men,/£tffevery  onejhou/d take  heed 
to  Himfelf.  The  Dog,  thinking 
That  an  Ornament  given  to  his 
Virtue,  defpifcs  his  Neigh- 
bours. One  now  grave 
with  Age  and  Authority  comes 
to  this  Dog,  adv'ifing 
Him,  that  he  err  not  ;  for 
fays  he,  That  little  Bell  is  given 
to  Thee  for  a  Dtfgrace,  not  for 
a  Grace. 

MOR. 

The  Vain -glorious  J 'onetimes 
takes  That  for  aPraife  /o  Himfelf ^ 
Which  it  for  a  Difgrace  to  Him. 


FABLE     LXVIII. 


De  CAMELO. 

C  Am  till  8  defpicuns  Se 
gwrf&atur,  -Tauros  ire 
infignes  geminis  Cornibus  ; 
Se  inermem  ejfe  objeftnra 
c/fteris  Animalibus  ;  oral 
Jovem  dinars  Cornua  Sibi  .' 
Jupiter  ridet  Stultitiam 
Cam  el't ,  nee  mo  do  ncgat 
Votum  Cameli,  verum  & 
decurtat  Auriculas  Bejlix. 


Of  the  CAMEL. 

THE  Camel  defpiftng  Hirafelf 
comflaineJ,t\\nt  theBulls  went 
remarkable  ivitk  two  Horns  ; 
that  Pie  without  Arms  w^jexpofed 
to  the  other  Animals  ;  He  prays 
Jupiter  to  give  Horns  to  Him  : 
Jupiter  laughs  at  the  Folly 
of  the  Came/,  nor  only  denies 
the  Wi/b  of  the  Camel,  but  alfo 
crops  the  Ears  of  the  Beaji. 


MOR, 


48       SELECT  FABLES  OF 


MOR.  MOR. 

Quifque       fit  ccnfenlut         Let    every  One    be    contented 

fua      Fortuna  :  Etenina     with    his    own    Fortune  :        For 

Mult't        fecuti  meliorem,     Many   having  followed  a    better, 

incurre're  pejorem.  have  run  into  a  <worfe. 


FABLE     LXIX. 


De    duobus    AMICIS    fcf 
UREO. 

DUO  Amici  faciunt 
Iter  ;  Urfus  occur- 
rit  in  hlner:  ;  U  nus  fcanJenr 
Arborern  evitat  Periculum  ; 
filter,  cum  non  rjet 
Spes  Fug<e,  procidens 
/imulat  Se  morluum,  Urfus 
accedltt  &  olfacit  An  res  Cif 
Os-  Homine  continente 
Spirit um  &  Mot  urn,  Urfus, 
£)ui  parcit  Mortals t  credens 
Eum  efle  morluum,  abibat. 
Poftea  Socio  percontante 
quidnam  BeJIla  di'xiffet  Illi 
accumbenti  in  Aurem,  ait, 
MonnifTe  Hoc,  ne  un- 
quam  facerem  Iter 

cum  Amicis  i/lius  Modi. 

MOR. 

Adrerfa:  Res    &  Pertcula 
defignant  verum  Amicum. 


Of   the  two    FRIENDS    and 
the  BEAR. 

TWO          Friends  make 

a  Journey  ;  a  Bear  meets 
them  in  the  Road ;  One  climbing  up 
a  Tree  Jbuns  the  Danger  ; 
The  other,  when  there  'was  not 
Hope  of  Flight,  falling  down 
feigns  Himfelf  Dead.  The  Bear 
cemes,  and  fmells  to  his  Ears  and 
Mouth.  The  Man  holding  in 
Breath  and  Motion,  The  Bear, 
Which  fpares  the  Dead,  believing 
that  He  was  dead,  went  away. 
4ft er •  wards  the  Companion  ajking 
what  the  Bcajl  had  fa  id  to  Him 
lying  down  in  his  Ear,  He  fays, 
that  He  had  advifed  This,  that 
I  fliould  not  ever  make  a  Journey 
with  Friends  of  this  Kind. 

MOR. 

Adverfe    Things    and    Dangers 
(How  the  true  Friend. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP.      49 
FABLE     LXX. 

Tie  Ruftico  £ff  Fortuna.       Of  the  Countryman  and  Fortune. 

THE  Countryman,  when 
He  ploughed,  found 
Treafure  in  the  Furrows.  For- 
tune feeing,  that  Nothing  ofHonodr 
was  bad  to  Her,  thus  fpake 
•with  H erf  elf  :  Treafure  being  found, 
the  Fool  is  not  grateful  ;  but 
tbzl  felf-famc  Treafure  being  lojl, 
He  will  folicit  Me  firft 
of  all  with  Vowa  and 
Clamours. 

MOR. 

A  B  e  n  e  fi  t  being  received,  \  e  t  u  s  be 
grateful  to  Him  deferving  •well  of 
Us  ;  For  Ingratitude 

is  'worthy  to  be  deprived  even 
of  the  Benefit,  Which  lately 
it  may  have  received. 


RU  s  T  i  c  u  s ,  c urn 

araret,  offendebat 

Thefaurum  in  Sulcis.  For- 
tuna  videns,  Nihil  Honoris 
kaberi  Sibi,  it  a  locuta  eft 
Secum  :  Thefauro  reperto, 
Stolidus  non  ejl  gratus  ;  at 
co  ipfo  Thefauro  amiffb, 
follicitabit  Me  primam 
omnium  Votis  £if 

Clamoribus. 

MOR. 

Beneficio  accepto,  fimus 
grati  Merenti  bene  de 
Nobis  ;  Etenim  Ingratitudo 
eft  digna  privari  etlam 
Beneficio,  £>uod  modo 
acceperit. 


FABLE      LXXI. 

£3"  GROE.         Of  the   Peacock  and  the  Crane. 


PAVO  fcf  Grus 
ctenant  una  :  Pavo 
ja&at  Se,  oftentat  Caudam  : 
Grus  fatetnr  Pavonem 
ejje  formofiflimis  Pennii  ; 
tamcn  Se  penetrare  Nubet 
animofo  Volatut  dum  Pa- 
vo  vix  fupervolat  Tcfta. 


THE  Peacock  and  the  Crane 
fup  together  :  "The  Peacock 
boafts  Hlmfelfi  (hows  his  Tail : 
The  Crane  confeffes  the  Peacock 
/o  be  of  mod  beautiful  Feathers  ; 
yet  Ma/  /fc  pierced  the  Clouds 
with  a  bold  Flight,  whilft  the  Pea- 
cock fcarce  ^w  owr  the  Houfes. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  y£SOP. 


MOR. 

Nemo      contempferlt  Al- 

terum  :       tfl     cuique  fua 

Dos  ;          eft      cuique  fua 

Vittus  :      Qui     caret  tua 

Virtute,ybr/a/j  habcat  Earn, 
Q'ia   Tu  careas. 


MOR. 

No  mznjhouldha've  defplfed Ano- 
ther :  there  is  to  every  one  his  oiun 
Portion ;  thereis  to  every  onebiso<wn 
Virtue  :  He  <who  wanteth  thy 
Virtue,  perhaps  may  have  That 
Which  thou  mayft  want. 


FABLE     LXXII, 


D:    QPERCU     & 
ARUNDINE. 

QUercus  effraSa  va- 
lid i  ore  Noto, 
praxipitatur  in  Flumen,  &?, 
dutn  jluitat,  forte  haret 
fuis  Ramis  in  Arundine  ; 
miratur,  Arundlnem  ftare 
ir.columem  in  tanto  Turbine. 
H<tc  refpondet,  Se  c/Te 
tut  am  fua  FlexilUltate  ; 
Se  cedere  Noto, 
Bore*  ;  omni  Flaiui  ; 
nee  £^tf  Mirum,  quod 
Q_uercus  exclderlt^  Q^ize 
concupivit  noo  cederet  fed 
rejiftere. 

MOR. 

Ne  r^)?aj  Potentiori, 
y>^/  vincas  .//Z/RC  cedendo, 
C^  fere  ado. 


O/"    the     OAK     and 
the  REED. 

THE  Oak  Iting  broken  by  the 
ftronger  South  Wind, 
is  thrown  into  the  River,  #m/, 
whilft  She  flows,  by  Chance  J?/V£r 
by  her  Bought  upon  a  Reed ; 
file  wonders,  A&a/  a  Reed  Hood 
/o/c  in  fo  great  a  Whirlwind. 
.SA<r  anfwers,  that  She  was 
ya/Jr  by  her  Flexibility  ; 
that  She  yielded  to  Notus, 
/o  Boreas;  to  every  Blajl  ; 
nor  wflj  /'/  a  Wonder,  /Aa/ 
the  Oak  JLould  fall,  Who 
dffired  not  /o  >'V«'</>  but 
to  rejlft. 

MOR. 

Do  not  re/tftOne  more  powerful, 
^«/  overcome  Him  by  yielding, 
0n</  bearing. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF-ffiSOP. 


FABLE     LXXIII. 


De     LEONE     £? 
VENATOP.E. 

LE  O  litigat  cum 
Venatore;  prasfert  fuam 
Foftitudinerii  Fortitudihi 
Homiriis.  Pojl  longa  jfur~ 
gia  Venator  ducit  Leonem 
a^Maufoleum,  in  Quo  Leo 
erat  fculptus  deponens 
Caput  in  Gremium  Viri. 
Per  a  rregat  Id  effe  fails 
Indicii  ;  nam  ait,  Homines 
fculpere  Quod  vcllent  ; 
quod  fi  Leones  forent  Arti- 
fices, Virum  jam  Jri 
fculptum  fub  Pedibus 
Lconis. 

MOR. 

Qmfque,  quoad  poted, 
Cff  dicit,  £ff  facit  Idy  Q^od 
putat  prodefle  fux 

Caufse  y  Parti. 


O/"    the    LION     CBt/ 
the  HUNTER. 

TH  E  Lion  contends  with 
the  Hunter  ;  He  prefers  bis 
Strength  to  (lie  Strength 
of  Man.  After  long  Dlf- 
futes  the  Hunter  leads  the  Lion 
/o  a  Tomb,  on  Which  a  Lion 
xvas  carved  laying  down 
A/T  Head  on  Mi?  Z,o^  of  a  Man. 
The  Beajl  denies  /Aa/  to  be  enough 
Proof;  for  he  fays,  that  Men 
carved  What  they  would  ; 
but  if  Lions  were  Arti~ 
fleers i  that  the  Man  «o<zt>  would  be 
carved  under  M*  /Vrf 
of  the  Lion. 

MOR. 

Every  One,  as  much  a.rhc  is  able, 
both  fays,  and  docs  7£a/,  Which 
he  thinks  to  be  profitable  to  his 
Caufe  as</  Party. 


FABLE     LXXIV. 

fie  PUERO  Sf    FUR'E.  O/"  the  EOY  «»</  the  THIEF. 


P'lTer  fedebat    ftens  apud 
Puteum  ;    Fur    rogat 
Caufam  dendi  ;     Puer  dicit, 
Fune          rupto,  Urnam 

Aurt  incidiffe  Jit  Aquas. 
Horfto  exult  Se>  injilit 
in  Puteum,  quserit.  Vafe 
non  invtnto,  confcendit, 
atq; 


A    Boy     Jut      weeping      at 
a  Well  ;     A    Tbiif  afks 
theCaufeof  his  weeping;/,k?.Z?0y  fays, 
//»f  /?5/^  being  broke,  that  an  Urn 
of  Gold  had  fallen  into  the  Waters. 
The  Man  undrejfes  Himfelf,  leaps 
into/A*  0W/,  feeks  for  it.  TheVe/el 
not   &/»£  fnmd)   He  comes  up, 
*n^ 

H 


52       SELECT  FABLES  OF  /ESOP. 

atq;     ibi    nee    invenit   Pus-  and  there  neither  does  He  find  the 

rum,  nee   fuam    Tunicam  :  Boy,       nor      his      own      Coat  : 

§>nippe   Puer,     Tunica   fub-  For  the  Boy,  the  Coat  being  taken 

lata,  fugerat.  away,  bad  Jled. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Interdum  faHuntur,          Sometimes    they    are    deceived, 

Qni  fclent  fallere.  Who  are  wont  to   deceive. 


FABLE     LXXV. 

De    RCSTICO    £5"  Of   the    COUNTRYMAN    and 

JUVENCO.  ,            the  STEER. 

RUSTICUS       Jflfc&rf  A       COUNTRYMAN     bad 

Jnvencum       imp  alien-  ji~\.     a              Steer            impa- 

tem  omnis  Vinculi   &  Jug*  :  tient   of  every    Chain  and    7~s>Jk  ; 

Homo       ajlutulus       refecat  The  Man  a  little  cunning  cuts  off 

Cornua         Beftise  ;          nam  the     Horns    of     the    Bead  ;  for 

petebat       Cornibas  ;       turn  he  ftruck   with    his  Horns  ;    then 

jungit       non      Currui,       fed  He  joins  him  not    /o  /£*  C<?/7,  but 

Aratro,    ~       ne          pulfaret  /o/^P/oy^Ajthathefliouldnot  ftrikt 

Herurn          Calcibus,           ut  his    Majler    with    his    Heels,    as 

folebat.     Iffe  tenet  Stivam,  Hewaswont.    He holds  tbePlough, 

gaudens,                         effic\ffe  rejoicing,     that    He    bad    ejfe8ed 

Induftria, '    ut    jam     font  by  Induftry,  that  now  he  Jhould  be 

tutus  &    a    Cornibus,    5c  a3  fafe  ^o//6   from    Horns,   and    /TOOT 

Ungulis.     5^ Quid  evenit?  Hoofs.       5w/    What    happened  ? 

Taurus      fubinde      refiftens  The   Bullock  frequently  refilling 

argendo     Arenam       applet  -by     fcattering     the      Sand      Jills 

s       &?       Caput       Rujli-  the  Mouth  a«i/  Head  oftke-C&un- 

i  £a.  tryman  with    It. 


Jpa 
Os 


MOA,  MOR. 

Nonnulli     y««/     fie     in-         Some  a/r  fo 

tra5a  biles,       ut         nequeant  traflable,        that  77' ^y 

tra&ari      u//«     Arte,      out  be    managed    fy  o«y    Art,     or 

Confilio,  Counfcl. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JEBOP. 
FABLE     LXXVI. 


Di  SATYRO    &  VIA.- 

TORE. 

SAtyrus,  <%ui  olim  erat 
habitus  Deus  Nemo- 
rum,  ntiferatus  Vfatorem 
obrutvm  Nive,  atq;  cnec- 
ttim  Algore,  ducit  in 
fuum  Antrum  ;  fovet 
Igne.  At,  dum  fpirat 
in  Manus,  percontatur 
Caufam  ;  Qui  refpondens 
inqultj  nt  calefiant.  Po- 
ftea,  cum  accumberenr, 
Viator  fufflat  in  Pultem, 
Quod  interrogatus  cur  fa- 
ce ret,  ir.quit,  ut  frigefcat. 
Turn  continuo  Satyrus 
ejiciens  Viatorem  iaquit, 
Nolo,  at  I  lie  fit  in 
meo  Antro,  Cut  fit  tarn 
diverfum  Os. 

MOR. 


Of   the    SATYR    and  the    TRA- 
VELLER. 

A  Satyr,  Who  formerly  was 
accounted  a  God  of  the 
Woods,  having  pitied  a  Traveller 
covered  with  Snow,  and  almofl 
dead  ttritA  Cold,  leads  Him  into 
his  Cave  ;  cherifhes  Him 
withaFire.  Bat, ivhilji He  breathes 
into  his  Hands,  He  enquires 
the  Caufe  ;  Who  anfwering 
fays,  that  they  may  be  warm.  Af- 
terwards, when  they  laid  down, 
theTraveller\)\Q\vs  into  hisPorridge, 
Which  being  afked  why  He 
old,  He f aid,  that  //  may  grow  cool. 
Then  immediately  the  Satyr 
cafling  out  the  Traveller  fays, 
I  am  not  willing,  that  He  be  in 
my  Cave,  Who  has  /o 
different  a  Mouth. 

MOR. 


JLvitz  6i/inguem  Homtnem,          Avoid    a    double-tongued  Man, 
/«  eft  Proteus  in  Sermone.  .      Who  is  a  Proteus  in  Difcourfe. 


FABLE     LXXVII. 

Z)<;  TAURO  £3*  MURE.  O/"  the  BULL  aW  the  MOUSE. 


H  E       Moufe        bad       lit 
the  Foot  of  the  Bull,  fly- 
/n/o  his 


MU  S  mamorderat 

Pcdcm    Tauri,     fu- 

gtens     in      fuum      Antrum.       ng  /no  s  o^r. 

l^aurus        v/^ra/       Cornua,     The    Bull   Irandi/hes  his  Horns, 
qmtrit     Hoftem,    viJet   nuf-    fec-l:s    his    Enemy,    y?rj    A/'w 
quam.     ^f/w   irridet  £an»  ;     where.    TheMoufe  laughs  at  / 
inquit 


fays 


54      SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP. 


inquit,  quia  es  robujlus, 
ac  vaftus,  idcirco  non  con- 
tempferis  Qne.mvis  ;  nunc 
eximius  Mas  laefit  Te,  & 
quidem  gratis. 


Nemo 
Flocci. 


Mo*. 
pendat 


Hoftem 


fays  He,  lecaufe  thou  art  robuft, 
and  big,  therefore  you  Jbould  not 
have  dcfpifed  any  One  ;  now 
a  little  Moufe  has  hurt  T/:ft,  and 
indeed  gratis. 

MOR. 

Let    no  Man    rate  his  Enemy 
at  a  Lock  of  Wool. 


FABLE     LXXVIII. 


De     RVSTICO     fc7 
HERCULE. 

CURRUS          Rujll- 
ci   haerct  in    profundo 
Luto-  Mox         fupinus 

implorat  Deum  Herculem  ; 
}rox  in  ton  at  e  Coelo, 
Inepte,  fiagella  tucs  Equos, 
tS1  Ipfc  annitere  Rot  is, 
atq;  turn  Hercules  vocatus 
aderit. 

MOR. 

Otiofa  Vota  profunt  Ktl ; 
Qua:  fane  Deus  non  audit. 
Ipfe  juva  Teiffum,  turn 
Deus  juvabit  Te. 


Of   the    COUNTRYMAN   and 
HERCULES. 

THE  Waggon  of  a  Country- 
man (licks  in  a  deep 
Clay.  By  and  by  laying  along 
He  implores  the  God  Hercuks  ; 
a  Voice  thunders  out  of  Heaven, 
Fool,  whip  thy  Horfes, 
and  Thyfelf  try  at  the  Wheels, 
and  then  Hercules  being  called 
will  be  prefent. 

MOR. 

Idle  Vows  profit  Nothing  \ 
Which  indeed  God  does  not  hear. 
Thyfelf  help  Thyfelf,  then 
Ccid  will  help  Thee. 


FABLE     LXXIX. 

D*  Cicada  &    Formica.       0/"theGrafhopper<zfl</thcPifmire. 

CUM     Cicada     cantet  "T  IT  7  HEN  the  Grajiopper  Cngs 
per  ^ftatem,  Formica  V  V      in  the    Summer,  the  Ant 
exercet  /uam  Meflem,    tra-  exercifes     her     Harvefi,     draw- 
hens  in* 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP.   5$ 


tens  Grana  in  Antrum, 
ghjts  reponit  in  Hyemcra. 
Brumd  fseviente,  fame/tea 
Cicada  venlt  ad  Formicam, 
&  mendlcat  Viftum.  Formica 
renuit,  diciitans,  Sefe  labora- 
vift,  dura  Ilia  cantabat. 

MOR. 

Qjji  fft  fegnis  in  Juventa, 
tgebit  in  Senefla  ;  £5?  Qui 
non  farcii,  mox  mendicablt. 


ing  the  Grains  into  a 
Which  She  lays  up  again/I  Winter. 
The  Winter  raging,  the  famifted 
Grafliopper  comes  to  /A^  ^w/, 
and  begs  Visuals.  TA^  -fn/ 

jthat  She  bad  labour? 

fung. 

MOR. 

Who  it  flothful  in  Youth, 
/ball  want  in  Age  ;  and  Who 
<sWA  not  J "pare ;  by  and  \xyJbaU  beg. 


FABLE     LXXX. 


De  CANE  £5"  LEONE. 

CANIS  jocans  occurrit 
Leant,  quid  Tu  ex- 
hauftus  Inedld  percurris 
Sylvcu  &  De-via  ?  fpeda 
/fir  pinguem,  £5*  nitidum, 
atque  confequor  H<£c,  non 
Labore,  fed  CW0.  Turn 
Leo  inquit,  Tu  quidem 
babes  tuas  JEpulas,  fed 
Stolide,  babes  etiam  Vincula  ; 
Efto  Tu  Servus,  Qui  poles 
fervire  ;  Ego  guides,  fum 
//5rr,  ncc  voh  fervire. 

MOR. 

Leo  refpondit  pulchre  : 
Etenim  Libertas  eft  potior 
smnilw  Rebus. 


0/"the  DOG   and  the  LION, 

AD  O  G       joking       meets 
a  Lion,  why  dojl  Thou  eK- 
hautled    w/VA     Want    run     thro* 
//JK    ^c??i/j    and     By-places  ?    fee 
.$/(•  fat,  and  fleck, 

and  I  obtain  thefe  Things,  not 
by  Labour,  but  5y  Idlenefs.  Then 
/A«  Z,/on  fays,  7^0«  indeed 
Aa/?  thy  Dainties^  but 

/oe/t  Thou  haft  alfo  Chains  ; 
Be  Thou  a  Slave,  /'f^o  art  able 
(9  ferve  ;  I  indeed,  am 
^/rff,  nor  am  /  willing  to  fcrve. 

MOR. 

The  Lion  anfivered  beautifully  : 
For  Liberty  it  better 
than  all  Things. 


FABLE 


<6      SELECT  FABLES  OF  /ESOP. 
FABLE     LXXXI. 

Of  the    FISHES. 


FLuvialis  Pifiis  eft  cor- 
rfptus  per  Vim  Flu- 
mints  in  Mare,  ubi  ciFerens 
fuam  Nobilitatem,  pendcbat 
omne  marinum  Gemis  vili. 
Phoca  non  tulit  Hoc,  fid 
ait,  Tune  fore  Indicium 
Nobilitctis,  fi  caftus  porte- 
tur  ad  Forum  cum  Phoca  ; 
Se  iri  emptum  a  Nobiltlus, 
autem  Ilium  a  Plebe. 

MOR. 

Multt  funt  fie  capti 
Libidine  G/ori<e,  ut  Ipfi 
jadent  Se.  Scd  /><7«j 
fiii  Ons  non  datur 
Homini  Laud!,  at  excipi- 
tur  cum  Rifu  Audito- 


A  River  Fl/b  is 
</OTt'n  by  theF'jrce  of  the  Ri- 
ver into  the  Sea,  •where  extolling 
bis  Nobility,  He  valued 
all  the  Sea  Race  at  a  low  Rate. 
The  Seal  bore  not  This,  but 
faid,  Then  would  be  a  Proof 
of  Nobility,  if  taken  He  fhould  be 
carried  to  Market  'with  a  Seal  ; 
that  He  fhoiild  be  bought  byNobks, 
but  //<?  by  the  common  People. 

MOR. 

"Many          are          fo  taltn 

with  the  Luft  of  Glory,  that  7"/j<rj' 
boaft  Themfehfs.  But  //6<f  Praj/i 
of  his  own  Mouth  is  not  given 
to  a  Man  for  a  Praife,  &//  is  receiv- 
ed •with  the  Laughter  <?/"  the  Hear- 


FABLE     LXXXII. 

De  Pardo  £f  Vulpecula.  O/"  the  Leopard  and  the  Fox. 


PArdus,          Cut  eft 

pi  Sum  Tergum,  cater  is 
Feris,  etiam  Leonibus  de- 
fpeftis  ab  Eo,  intumefcebat. 
Vulpfcula  accedit  ad  Hunc, 
fuadet  non  fuperbire, 
dicens  quidfm,  ///;'  efle 
fpeciofam  Pellem,  *vero  Sibi 
effe  fpeciofam  Meniem. 


THE  Leopard,  Who  has 
a  paintfd  Back,  the  other 
Beafts,  even  the  Lions  being  de- 
fpifed  by  Him,  was  puffed  up. 
The  Fox  comes  to  Him, 
perfuades  Him  not  to  be  proud, 
faying  indeed,  that  He  had 
a  jim  Skin,  but  He 
lad  a  fine  Mind. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLEST  OF  1ESOP.      57 


MOR. 

Eft     Difcrimen     &     Or  do 
Bonorum  :  JSona 

Corporis  prxjlant  Bonis 
Fortune  ;  fed  Bona  Animi 
funt  prseferenda  His. 


MOR. 

There  is  a  Difference  and  Order 
of  good  Things  :  The  Goods 
of  the  Body  excel  the  Goods 
of  Fortune;  but  theGoods  oftheMin-d 
are  to  be  preferred  to  Thefe. 


FABLE     LXXXIII. 


De  VULPE  Of  FELE. 

CUM  Vulpet  in  Collo- 
qu'tO)  Q^od  ///*'  erat 
cum  Fele,  jaffarttt  Sibi 
effe  varias  Tcchnas,  adeo 
at  haberet  vel  Ptram 
refer  tarn  •  Dolis  :  Autem 
Fells  refpondit,  Sibi  ej/e 
duntaxat  unicam  Artem,  Cut 
fideret,  Ji  efTet 

^?//WDifcriminis.  Inter  con - 
fabulandum  repente 

Tumultus  Canum  accurren- 
tium  audltur  ;  Ibi  Felis 
fubfilit  in  altifllmam 
Arborem  ;  interim  Vulpes 
cinda  Canibus  capitur. 

MOR. 

Fabula  innuit,  nonnun- 
quam  unicum  ConfiUum, 
mo  Jo  fit  verum,  &  efficax, 
cfle  praftabilius  quaru  plures 
Dolos,  S35  frivoja  Con/ilia. 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  CAT. 

WHEN  the  Fox  in  a  Dlf- 
courft,  Which  He  had 
•with  the  Cat,  loajled,  that  lie 
bad  various  Shifts,  fo 
that  He  had  even  a  Budget 
full  of  Tricks  :  But 

the  Cat  anfzvered,  That  She  £o<-/ 
only  07Z£  Art,  to  which 
She  trufted,  if  there  was 
ony  Thing  of  Danger.  In  the  Dif- 
courfe  fuddenly 

the  Noife  o/"  /^  Dogs  run- 
ning «•  heard:  Then  /^  C"a/ 
leaps  rV//o  a  very  high 
Tree  ;  in  the  mean  time  the  Fox 
furrounded  by  the  Dogs  is  taken. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  intimates,  that  fome- 
times  one  Defign, 

yi  that  it  be  true,  and  effefiual, 
is  &-/ter  than  more 

Tricks^  and  frivolous  Dejtgns. 


FABLE 


58      SELECT  FABLES  OF 

FABLE     LXXXIV. 


De  RFOE  &  SIMIIS. 

QUid  am  JEgyptius  Res 
ibjlituit  aliquot  Simias, 
ut  ptrdif cerent  A  &  ion  cm 
faltandi.  Nam<  a/  nullum 
Animal  acccdit  propius  ad 
Figuram  Hominis,  z/a  nee 
altud  imitator  humanos 
A&us  a&/  nielius,  dut  li- 
bentius.  Itaque  protinus 
edoda  Artem  faltandi , 
cafe  runt  fa  It  are,  induttt 
purpureis  yeflimentist  ac 
pcrfonata  ;  &  Spdlaculum 
jam  placebat  longo  Tcmpore 
in  mirum  Modum  ;  </o«<?c 
Q^iifpiam  e  Spedtatorihus 
facetus  abjecit  Nuces  in  Me- 
dlum,  Quas  babebat 

clauculum  in  Loctilis.  lit 
ftatim  Simi<e,  fimul  atque 
vidffint  Nu  e  e  s ,  oblitte 
Choreae,  ca-ferui/t  efle  /^, 
Q^uod  fuerant  antea^  ac 
rcpente  e  Saltatricibus  rc- 
dierunt  in  Simias  ;  & 
Perlonis  &  Vejlibus  dilace- 
ratis,  pugnabant  inter  Se 
pro  Nucibusi  non  y?/7^ 
tiiaximo  J?//«  Sptftato- 
rum. 


0/"the  KING  and  the  APES. 


A 


Certain     Egyptian 
appointed       fome 


King 


MOR. 


Haec 
Crnamenta 
non       mutare 
jFfominis. 


that  they  fljould  learn  the  Action 
of  Dancing.  For,  as  no 
Animal  coincth  nearer  to 
the  Figure  of  a  Man,  Jo  neither 
any  other  imitates  human 
Adt  ions  either  better,  or  more 
willingly.  Therefore  prefently 
being  taught  the  Art  of  Dancing, 
They  began  to  dance,  clothed 
in  pdrple  Vfjlmenla%  and 
majked  ;  and  //;<•  .S^f 
now  pleafed  for  a  long  7V/nr 
after  a  wonderful  Manner  ;  till 
One  of  the  Spc&ators 
facetious  threw  Nuts  into  /^*  .M/*/- 
dlf,  Which  /,*  /W 

privately  in  his  Pockets.  7!/&#i 
prefently  the  Apes,  as  foon  ai 
They  fa'iv  the  Nut3,  having  forgot 
the  Dance,  fo^an  to  be  That, 
Which  /A^y  ^rt^/  ^«  before,  and 
foddenly  from  Dancers  re- 
turned into  Apes  ;  and 
their  Mafks  and  Clothes  being 
torn,  they  fought  among  Themfelvet 
for  the  Nuts,  not  without 
the  greateftZ/rtw^Ater  of  the  Spefta- 
tors. 

MOR. 

admonet,         This       Falle        admoniflieth, 
Fortunae     that  the    Ornaments    of     Fortune 
Ingenium     do    not    change    the    Difpofition 
of  a  Man. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       59 
FABLE     LXXXV. 


De  ASIKO    £ff    VJATO- 

RIBUS. 

DU  O      Quidam,      cum 
forte  invenirent 

Afinum  in  Sjlva,  cceperunt 
tontendere  inter  Se, 

Uter  Eorum  abduceret 
EumQomum,  nil  fuum  ;  nam 
vidcbatur  pariter  objeftus 
Utriq;  a  Fortund.  In- 
terim, Illls  altercantibus 
invicem,  Afirms  alduxit 
Se,  ac  Neuter  potltus  eft 
Eo. 

.  '       MOR. 

Quidam  excldunt  a  pr<z- 
ftntibus  Com  mod  is,  Quibus 
nefciunt  uti  ob 

Infcitiam. 


Of  the  Ass  and  the   TRAVEL- 
LERS. 

TW  O  certain  Men,  when 
by  chance  they  found 
an  Afs  in  a  Wood,  began 
to  contend  between  Thentfehest 
Whether  of  them  {hould  lead 
Him  Home,  as  his  own  ;  for 
he  feemed  equally  offered 
to  Either  by  Fortune.  In  the  mean 
time,  'They  wrangling 

by  Turns,  the  Afs  withdrew 
Himfelf,  and  Neither  obtained 
Him. 

MOR. 

Some        fall       from       pre- 
f:nt  Advantages,  Which 

they  know  not  how  to  ufe  thro* 
Ignorance. 


FABLE     LXXXVI. 

De  CORVO   &  LUPIS.          Of  the  CROW  and  the  WOCVES. 


CORVUS  comitafur 
Lupos  per  ardua 
Juga  Montium  ;  pvjlu- 
lat  Partem  Prede  Si- 
bi,  qula  fecutus  efliet,  £5* 
non  deftituiffet  Eos  ullo 
Tempore,  Deinde  ejl  re- 
pulfus  a  Lupis,  qula 
non  minus  voraret  Exta 
Luporum,  fi  occlderentur, 
quam  £x/a  cseterorum 
Animallum. 

I 


THE  CROW  accompanies 
the  Wolves  Mro*  the  high 
'fops  of  the  Mountains  ;  He  de- 
mands aPart  of  the  Prey  for  Him- 
felf, becaufe  he  had  followed,  #«</ 
had  not  forfook  Them  at  any 
Time.  Then  he  is  re- 
pulfed  ly  the  Wolves,  becaufe 
no  \tkwould he  devour  the  Entrails 
o/"/A<r  Wolves,  \Stheyfaould  be  Jlatny 
than  /ta  Entrails  of  other 
Animals. 

MOR. 


60      SELECT  FABLES  OF  j<ESOP. 


Mo. 


MOR. 


Non  Quid  agamus  ejl  Not  What  We  may  do  is 
fempcr  infpiciendum ;  f«d  always  to  be  looked  into  ;  but 
quo  Animo  ,/tmus,  cum  of  What  Mind  We  be,  wheti 


-Animo 
agamus 


FABLE     LXXXVII. 


JD<f    MURE    nato    in 
Cifla. 

MU  S  not  us  in  £;y?^ 
duxerat  yfrf  omnem 
yitam  ibi,  pajlus  Nucibus, 
£>ue  folcbant  firvari  in 
£a.  Autem,  dum  ludens 
c;r:a  Oras  Cijla 

cifcidifiet,  c57"  qusereret 
Af centum  i  reperit  Epulas 
iactifiime  pnratast  Q^uas 
fii/n  ccepiffet  gitftare, 
jr.  quit,  Quam  fl  olid  us  fui 
liaftenus,  ^w/  credebam 
effe  Nihil  /'«  toto 
Orbc  melius  mca  C'tjluld  ? 
Ecce  !  y«d*.  vefcor  fuavi- 
wlbus  Cibis  /fo  / 

MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  indicat,  Pa- 
triam  non  diligendam  it  a, 
a/  non  adcamus  ea  Locat 
ubi  cimus  efle 


<?/  th«  MOUSE   born  in  the 
Chcft. 

AMoufe  born  in 
had  led  attntfl  all 
Z//<r  there,  fed  with  Nuts, 
were  wont  to  be  kept  in 
//.  But,  -whilft  playing 
about  the  Edges  of  the  'Chtjl 
He  fell  down,  and  tried  at 
getting  up,  He  found  Dainties 
moft  fuTnptuoiifly/n>/>flm/, Which 
iftan  He  had  began  /o  fa/?r, 
He  faid,  How  foolifh  have  I  leen 
hitherto,  Who  believed 

ibere  was  nothing  in  the  whole 
World  tetter  than  my  Chejl  ? 
Behold  !  how  I  am  fed  witb/weet- 
er  Meats  here  ! 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fhows,  that  a  Coun- 
try is  not  to  be  beloved  fo, 
that  We  may  not  go  to  thofePlacet, 
where  We  may  be  able  to  be  more 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  /ESOP.       6r 
FABLE     LXXXVIII. 

De  Rusrtco  impel r ante.  Of  the  COUNTRYMAN  obtaining, 
ut  Triticum  nafceretur  that  Wheat  fhould  grow 
abfque  Ariftis.  ivitfout  Beards. 


QUidam     Rujlkus     ira- 
petraverat    a  Cerere, 
ui  JL  riticum  nafceretur    abfq; 
Artftis,  ne  l&deret 

Man  us  Metentium  & 
Triturantium  ;  Quod,  cum 
inarnit,  eft  .  depajtum  a 
minutis  Avibus  :  "Turn  R  li- 
ft ic  us  in  quit,  Qua  HI  digne 
patior  !  Qui  Caufa 

par<v<e  commoditatis  per.didi 
ctJam  maxima  Emolumen- 
ta. 

MOR. 

Fabula       in£caft      parva 
Incommoda  penlanda 

natori  Utilitate. 


A  Certain  Countryman  had  ob- 
tained from  Ceres, 
that  Wheat  Jhould  g row  without 
Beards,  that  ic  might  not  hurt 
the  Hands  of  the  Reapers  and 
Threfhers  ;  Which,  when 
it  grew  ripe,  <was  e.it  up  by 
the  [mall  Birds  :  Then  the  Coun- 
tryman faid,  How  worthily 
I  fuffer!  Who  for  the  Sake- 
of  a  fmall  Commodity  have  lojl 
even  the  greatejl  Advanta- 
ges. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  /Lows,  that  fmall 
Difadvantages  are  to  be  weighed 
•with  a  greater  Profit. 


FABLE     LXXXIX. 


De     ACCIVITRE     infequente 

CoLUMBAM. 

CU  M  Accipiter  infe- 
queretur  Columbam 
pneciptti  folatn,  ingref- 
lus  quandam  Villam  eft 
captus  a  Ruftico,  Quern 
obfecrabat  blonde,  ut 
dimitteret  Se  ;  nam, 

dixit,  nan  Itfi  Te. 
GUI  Ruib'cus  refpon- 
dit,  nee  Hxc  Iseferat  Te. 


Of     the      HAWK      purfuing 
the  PIGEON. 

WHEN   the  Hawk    pur- 
fued  the  Pigeon 

with  a  fpeedy  Flight,  having  en- 
tered a  certain  Village  He  was 
taken  by  a  Countryman,  Whom 
He  befought  fairly,  that 
He  would  difmifs  Him  ;  for, 
faid  He,  /  have  not  hurt  Thee. 
To  whom  the  Countryman  an- 
fwered,  nor  had  She  hurt  Tlee. 

MOR. 


02 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ALSOP. 

MOR.  MOR. 


Eos 


Fabula        inJuaf, 
puviri  merito,     £>u:    CODED 
tur  lecdere  innocents.      > 


The  Fable  Jbo-ws,  that  They 
are  puni/hed  deftrvedly,  Who  en- 
deavour to  hurt  the  Innocent. 


FABLE    XC. 


De     RUST  i  CO     tranji- 
turo  Arnfiem. 

RUfticus  tranjituruf 

Torrentem,  £)ui  forte 
excreverat  Imbribus, 

quxrebat  Vadum^  &  cum 
tentaviflet  earn  Partem 
Fluminis,  Qua;  videbatur 
quittior,  £jf  placidior, 
rcperit  Earn  altiorem,  quam 
fuerat  opinatus  ;  rurfus 
adinvenit  breviorem,  & 
tuliorem  Part  era  ;  ibi  Flu- 
vius  iltcurrelat  majori 
St  refit  u  A  q  u  a  i  u  m 
inquit  Secum, 
tutius  poffumus 
noftram  Vitam  in 


Aquis,     cuam 
Jilmtibus. 


Turn 
Quara 
credere 
elamo/is 


quiet  is   & 


MOR. 

Admonemur  hac 

Fabula,  ut  extimefcamus 
Homines  verbofos,  £ff  mi- 
naces,  minus  quam  quiftof. 


Of  the    COUNTRYMAN    about   to 
pafs  over  a  RIVER. 

A  Countryman  alcut  to  pafs  over 
J[\.  a  Torrent,  Which  by  Chance 
had  increafed  by  the  Showers, 
fought  a  Shallow,  and  ivhen 
He  had  tried  that  Part 
of  the  River,  Which  feemed 
more  quiet,  and  fmooth, 
he  found  It  deeper,  than 
He  had  thought  ;  again 
He  came  to  a  JJ}allo>wer,  and 
fafer  Part  ;  there  the  Ri- 
ver ran  down  with  a  greater 
Noife  of  Waters  :  Then 
He  faid  with  Himfr'f,  How 
more  faftly  are  we  able  to  trujl 
Our  Life  in  /^  clamorous 
Waters,  than  in  /^  quiet  an4 
Jilent, 

Mox. 

We  are  admoniflied  ^y  /-&w 
Fable,  that  We  fhould  fear 
Jl/£n  verbofe,  and  threat- 
ning,  lefs  than  the  quiet. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.        63 
FABLE     XCI. 

De     COLUMBA    y     PICA.     Of  the  PIGEON  and  the  MAGPIE. 


COlumba     interrogate     a  «TH  H  E    Pigeon   bein 

Pica,     Quid    induccret  J_      the  Pie,  What   could  induce 

Earn,     ut  nidincaret  femper  Her,     that     She      built     always 

in    eodem    Loco,    cum     ejus  in     the  fame    Place,    when    Her 

Pulli     fcmpcr    furriperentur  Toung       always        were      ^  taken 

inde,       refpondit,       Simpli-  from    thence,  anfivered,    Simpli- 

citas.  city. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Hxc  Fabnla  indicat,  bouos  This    Fable    fiiows,    that  good 

Viros  f<rfc  decipi  facile.  Men  often  arc  deceived  eofily. 


FABLE    XCII. 


Be  ASIKO  C55  VITULO-. 

A  Sinus    &  Vit\ilus,  cum 
pafcerentur  in    eodern 
Prato,      prssfentiebant     ho- 
Jlilem     Exerciuim    adventare 
Sonit'i     Campans.          Turn 
Vitulus    inquit,    0     Sodalis, 
fugiamus     hinc,    ne     Holies 
abducant      Nos      Captivos   ; 
Cui         Afinus        refpondit, 
Fuge     Tu,      Quern      Holies 
confueverunt      occidere,       £ff 
efle  :     Nihil    inter ejl    Afini, 
Cui  ubique  e  a  clem 

Conditio       ferendi      Oneris 
ejl  propofita. 


MOR. 

Hxc     F alula 
fiervos,        ne 


admonet 

formident 

mag- 


Of  the  Ass   and  theCAi.F. 


TH  E  Afs  am/the  Calf, 
they  were  fed  in  the  fame 
Pajlurfy  perceived  an  £n^- 
wj-'s'  Army  to  approach 
by  the  iSound  of  a  Bell.  Then 
the  Caff  faid,  0  Companion, 
let  us  Jly  hence,  left  the  Enemies 
If  ad  away  Us  Captives  ; 
To  whom  /i<f  Afs  agiwered, 
Fly  Thou,  Whom  the  Enemies 
have  been  ufed  to  flay,  ar.cl 
to  eat  :  //  is  no  Inter ejl  of  the  Afs, 
to  Whom  every  where  the  fame. 
Condition  of  bearing  a  Burden 
is  offered. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  warns 

Servants,  that  they  may  not  fear 

greatly 


64      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


m.ignopere  mutare  Dominos, 
modb  futuri  non  fint 
Jeter  lores  priori  bus. 


greatly  to  change  their  Lords, 
provided  that  the  future  be  not 
ivorfe  than  the  former. 


FABLE     XCIII. 


f)e    VULPE    £9*    MULIERI- 
BUS   edcntilus   GaHinas, 

V'Ulpes  tran/lens  jnxta 
quondam  Villam, 
ecnfp'xit  cater»am  Mulierum 
cornedentcm  alto  Silentio 
plurinas  Gallinas  opipare 
affatas  :  dd  Qnas  converfa 
inquit,  £>ui  Claraorcs  C5* 
Latratus  Canum  efient 
contra  Me,  Ji  Ego  facerem 
Quod  Vos  facitis  ?  Cut 
qusedam  Anus  rrfpondens 
inquitt  Nos  (.omedtmus  Quas 
font  Nollra,  vero  Tufuraris 
alien*. 

MOR. 

Quod  eft  me  vim  non  aiti- 
net  ad  Te.  Ne  furore  ; 
efto  contentut  tuis  Rebus- 


Of  the    Fox    W  the  WO- 
MEN   eating    the  Hens, 

AF  O  X  pajjlng  near 
a  certain  Village, 
Jaw  a  Heap  o/"  Women 
eating  /«  deep  Silence 
very  many  Hens  daintily 
roarted  :  To  Whom  being  turned 
He  fa  id,  What  Clarrr  u,s  and 
Barkings  of  Dogs  would  be 
agawjl  Me,  //  I  did 
What  Tou  do  ?  To  ivhom 
a  certain  old  Woman  anfwering 
/aid,  We  eat  What 

are      Ours,       ^u/      Thou    Jleahjl 
other  Men's  Things. 

MOR, 

What  is  mine  </7^j  «o/  le- 
long  to  77>«.  Do  not  Jieal  ; 
be  cont:nt  with  Uiine  own  Things. 


FABLE     XCIV. 


De    pinguibus   CAPOKIBUS 
£ff  macro. 


QUixJam  Vir   nutricave- 
rat   complures  Capones 


in  eodem  Ornithobofcio  ;  Qui     in 
cm  ties    funt     efedi    pingues     all 
prfter 


Of  the    fat    CAPONS 
and  the  lean   one. 

A  Certain  Man  had  brought 
up  very  many  Capons 
the  fame  Coop  ;  Who 
were  made  fat 

except 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP.   65 


pr<fter  Unum,  Quern  Fratres 
irridebant,ut  macilentum.  Do- 
minus  accepturus  nobiles 
Hofpites  lauto  £5*  fumptuofo 
Convivlo,  imperat  Coquo, 
tit  inleriwat,  &  coqttat  ex 
His,  Q^uos  invenerlt 

pinguiores.  Pingues  audi- 
cntcs  Hoc  afflidlabant  &efe> 
diccntes,  0  ft  Nos  fuffimus 
macilenti  ! 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  eft  conjifta 
in  Solamen  Pauperum, 
quorum  Vita  ejl  tutior,  Quam 
Vita  Divitum. 


except  One,  Which  his  Brethren 
laughed  at,  as  /fan.  The 
Mailer  about  to  receive  noblp 
Guefts  in  3  neat  flH</  fumptuoua 
Banquet,  commands  thg  Cook, 
that  He  fhould  kill  and  foo/f  out  of 
Thefe,  which  /f<;  Jbould  find 
the  fatter.  7"At  fat  hear- 
ing T/J/X  afflided  Themfelves, 
faying,  0  */  We  had  been 
lean  ! 

MOR. 

This  Fable  was  invented 
for  //;<?  Comfort  of  the  Poor, 
tvhofe  Life  «  fafer,  /£an 
the  Life  o/  /^  -RwA. 


FABLE     XCV. 


De  CYGNO    canente    in 

Mortt,      reprehenfo 

Ciconia. 

CYgnus  moriens  inter- 
rogabatur  a  Ciconia, 
cur  in  Morte,  Q^uam  cetera 
Animalia  adeo  exhorrent, 
emitteret  Sonos  multo 
fuaviores,  quam  in  omni 
Vita  \  cum  potius  deberet 
efle  moeflvs.  Cui  Q^nux 
Jnquit,  £>uia  non  crucia- 
lor  araplius  Card  quaeren- 

di  cm. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  adraonet, 
ne  fornidemut  Mortem  ; 
£>ud  omaes  Miferi*  prs- 
f^ntis  Vit*  praeciduntor. 


Of  the  SWAN  finging   rn 

Death,     reprehended 

by  the  Stork. 

TH  E  Swan  dying  was  afk- 
ed        by        the        Stork, 
«e/»y     in    Death,     Which     other 
Animals  fo  fear, 

He  fent  forth  Sounds  much 
fvveeter,  than  In  all 

his  Life  ;  when  rather  He  ought 
to  be  fad.  To  whom  the  Sivan 
faid,  Beeattfs  I  fhall  not  be  tor- 
mented longer  with  the  Care  of 
feeking  Meat. 

MOR. 

This         Fable         admonifhes, 
that     We    da    not  fear    Death  ; 
ries  of  the  prc- 


by  Which  *\\thcMi[erif 
fent  Life  arc  cut  off. 


FABLE 


66      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     XCVI. 


De    TRABE    fc?    BOBVS 
trakentlbus  Earn. 

ULmea  Trats  conque- 
icbatur  de  Bobirs, 
dicens,  O  Ingraft^  Ego  a/wi 
V»s  mulio  Tern  pore  melt 
FiuiuHbus;  vero  Vos  trahitls 
Me  ueflram  Nutricem  />?/• 
Saxa  £5"  Luta.  f«« 

Bovcs  ;  Noftra  Siifpiria  & 
Gemilus  tsf  Stimulus, 
Quo  pnngimur,  pof- 
funt  docere  Tet  quod  in- 
vit'i  trahimus  Te. 


Of  the   BEAM    and  the  OXEN 
drawing  It. 

AN  Elm  Beam  complain- 
ed of  the  Oxen, 
faying,  O  ungrateful,  I  />GD£  fed 
You  a  /o«f  Time  with  my 
Leaves  ;  but  You  draw 
Me  j-owr  Nourifher  tiro* 
Stones  fl»^  Dirt.  To  Whom 
the  Oxen  ;  Owr  Sighs  and 
Groans  and  the  Goad» 
•with  which  We  arc  pricked,  are 
able  to  teach  Thee,  that  »n- 
We  draw  7*&r. 


MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  docet  Nos, 
ne  excandcfcamus  in 
Eos,  Qui  laedunt  Nos,  non 
Jud  Sponte. 


Moa. 

This  Fable  teaches  Us, 
that  we  fliould  not  be  hot  againjl 
Them,  Who  hurt  Utt  not 
cf  their  own  Accord. 


FABLE     XCVII. 


De  Angnilla  congucrente, 
quod  infejlaretur  magis, 
quam  Scrpcns. 


Of        the 

that     / 


ANguilla  tnterrogalat 
Serpentem,  cur,  cum 
ejfent  fimiles;  atq;  cognati, 
Homines  tamen  infequerentur 
Sc  potlus  quam  I  I  lam  : 
Cui  Serpent  inquit,  quid 
raro  Ixdunt  Me  impu- 
ne. 


Eel 


complaining, 
infejlcd     more 


/^a«  the  Serpent. 

TH  E  Eel  ajked 

the  Serpent,  why,  feeing  that 
They  were  alike,  and  Kinsfolk, 
Men  yet  purfued 

Him  ra//j*r  than  //>r  .- 
To  whom  the  Serpent  faid,  Iccaufe 
feldom  do  They  hurt  Me  vnpunijk- 
ed. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF^ESOP.     67 


MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,    Eos 
folerc  ladi          minus, 

g)ui  ulcifcunttir. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  fhows,  that  They 
are  wont  to  be  hurt  lefsy 
Who  revenge. 


FABLE     XGVIII. 


De    ASINO,    SIMIA,    y 
TALPA. 

A  Si  no  conquerente,  quod 
carer  ft  Corrtibus  j  vero 
Simia,  quod  Cauda  deejjet 
Sibi  ;  Talpa  inquit,  Ta- 
cete,  cum  videos  Me  ^ 
cap  cum  0 culls. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  pertinet  ad 
Eos,  J^«/  non  funt  contend 
fua  "  ^or/f  ;  C^tit, 

fi  conjiderarent  Infortunia 
Aliorum,  tolerarcnt  fua 
acquiore  Ammo. 


Of  the  Ass,    the   APE,  and 
the  MOLE. 

TH  E  Afs  complaining,  that 
He  wanted  Horns  ;  but 
the  Ape,  that  a  Tail  ivas  wanting 
to  Him  ;  The  Mole  fa  id,  Hold  your 
Peace,  when  you  fee  Me  /o  & 
deprived  of  Eyes. 

MOR. 

This  .for£/£  pertains  to 
Them,  Who  are  not  content 
with  their  own  Condition  ;  Who, 
if  They  conjidered  the  Misfortunes 
of  Others,  would  bear  their  own 
with  a  mote  patient  Mind. 


FABLE     XCIX. 


De     NAUTIS     impJorantibus 
Auxilium   San8orum. 

QUidam    Nauta    depre- 
henfus  in  Mari  fubita 
&  atra   Tempeftate,    cattris 
ejus     Sociis      implorantibus 
Stuxitium  diverforum 

Sanfforum,     inquit,    Nefc'it'ts 
Quod       petit'u  ;        Etenim, 
antequam    ifti   Sanfti    confe- 
rant 


Of  the  MARINERS  imploring 
the  Help  of  the  Saints, 

A    Certain    Mariner    overta- 
ken  at  Sea  with  a  fudden 
and     dark     Tempeft,       the      reft. 
of     his     Companions      imploring 
the         Help          of  different 

Saints,     faid,       Ye       know       not 
What          ye         afi  ;  For, 

before  that  thofe  Saints  can  be- 
take 

K 


68       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


rant  Se  ad  Deum  pro  nojlra 
Liberalise,  obrtie- 

mur  hie  imminent!  Procella. 
Confugiti  igitur  ad  Eum, 
Qui  Abfque  Admimculo 
Jllterius  poterit  liber  are 
Nos  a  tantis  Malts.  Igi- 
tur, Auxtlio  Omnipotentis 
Del  inrocato,  illito 

Procella  ceffavit. 

Mo*. 

Ne  cpnfugito  ad  imbe- 
cilliores,  ubi  Auxiliuni 
Intentions  potcft  haberi. 


take  Them/elves  to  God  for  cur 
Deliverance,  We  Jhail  I;  ovtr- 
'whelmed  in  this  imminent  Storm. 
Fly  therefore  to  Him, 
Who  without  the  Help 
of  Another  (halt  be  able  to  deliver 
Us  from  fo  great  Evils.  There- 
fore, the  Help  of  Almighty 
Cod  being  invoked,  prejcntiy 
the  Storm  ceafed* 

Mo*. 

Do    not    fly     to     the     weak- 
.cr,  where          the  Help 

of  a  more  powerful  may  be  had. 


FABLE      C. 


J}e    Pifcibus    defilientibus   e 
Sartagim  In  Pruntrs. 

PIfces    ac/A«r    vivi  royjtf- 
^d«^ar  in  Sartagine  fer- 
vent!   0/ro  .'     Unus  Quorum 
inquit,    Fratres,    Fugiamus 
nine,  ne  pereamua. 

Turn  Omnet  pariter  exiiren- 
tes  e  Sartagine  deciderunt 
in  ardentes  Prunes.  Igitur 
affsdi  majore  Dolors  dam- 
nabant  Con/ilium,  Quod 
ceferantf  dicentes,  Quan- 
ta atrociori  Moris  nuoc 
perimut  ! 


MOR. 

II xc  Fabula  admonct  Nos, 
ut   vitemus    proefentia 


cula     it  a, 
gravfara. 


Peri- 

incidaTmts     in 


O/    the    Fiftes    /M/M^  out  of 
the  Frying- Pan  into  the  Coals* 

Fifties  jf/  alive  <zy<rr^  ^o<f- 
tt/in  aFrying-  Pan  with  fcald- 
ing  0*7.-  One  o/  /^6/fA 
faid,  0  Brethren^  Let  us  fly 
/;«»«,  that  we  may  not  perifh. 
Then  Ail  in  like  Manner  leap- 
ing out  of  the  Frying- Pan  fell 
j/^on  the  burning  Coals.  Therefore 
afftSed  with  greater  Pain  They 
condemned  the  Counfcl,  Which 
They  had  taken,  faying,  By  kfw 
much  a  more  cruel  Death  no\v 
do  IV e  feri/Jj  ! 

MOR. 

This  Fable  admonifhes  Ui, 
that  We  avoid  the  prefent  Dan- 
gers fo,  that  we  do  not  fall  into 
mtre  gtitsiiut. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF 

FABLE     CI. 


2)e  Quadrupedibus  ineun-  0/"the  Four-footed  Beafts  enter- 
tibus  Societalem  cum  ing  into  an  Alliance  with 
Pifcibus  adverfus  Aves.  the  Fifties  againjl  the  Birds. 

QUadrupedes,  cum 

Bellum  effet  iftdidlum 
Sibi  ab  Avibus,  ineunt 
Fcedus  cum  Pifcibus, 
ut  tuerentur  Se  eo- 
rum  Auxilio  a  Furore 
Awium.  Autena,  cum  ex- 
pedtarent  optata  Auxilia, 
Pifces  negant,  Se  poffe 
accedere  ad  Se  per 


Hxc  Fdbula  admonet  Not, 
nc  faciamus  Eos  So- 
eio»  Nobis,  Qui,  <r«OT  fit 


Opus,     non 
Nobis. 


pount 


THc  Four-footed  Beafts, 
War  was  proclaimed  again  ft 
Them  by  the  Birds,  enter  into 
a  League  with  tJjc  Ftfoes, 
that  /A<y  •would  defend  Them  tu'ftb 
their  Help  from  the  Fury 
o//Af  Birds.  But,  w/^fn  They  ex- 
peded  the  Jejired  Succours, 
the  Fi/hes  deny,  that  They  are  able 
to  corns  to  them  by  Land. 

MOR. 

This  J^ji/e  advifes  £7j, 
that  We  do  not  make  T^wn  Com- 
panions /o  Us,  Who,  when  there  is 
Need,  are  jiat  able  /o  be  frefent 
to  Us. 


FABLE     CII. 


De  VIRO,  Qui  acfej/it  ad 
Cardinalem  nuper  creatum 
Gratia  gratulandi. 

QUJdam    Vir  admodum 
facetus,  audiens  fuum 
Amicum  adfumptum  ad  Dig- 
nitatem Cardinalatus, 
accejjit  ad  Eum  Gratia   gra- 
tulandi  :         Qni          tumidus 
Hoaore,  diflmulans 
agnofcere   "vetercm  Amicum, 
inter rogabat,    Quifnam   tffet. 
Cui 


Of  a  MAN,  Who  went  to 
a  Cardinal  lately  created  for 
the  Sake  of  congratulating  Him, 

A  Certain  Man  very 
facetious,  hearing  that  hit 
Friend  was  preferred  to  the  Dig- 
nity of  the  Cardinalfhip, 
•went  to  Him  for  the  Sake  of  con- 
gratulating Him  :  Who  puffed  up 
with  the  Honour,  diflcmbling 
to  know  his  old  Friend, 
afled,  Who  He  was.' 

To 


7Q      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


Cui  il/e  inquit,  ut  erat 
prcmptus  ad  Jocos,  Mife- 
refco  Tui  &  C&terorum,  Qui 
tervetiiunt  ad  Honor es  hujus 
Modi.  ;  etenim,  quampri- 
mum  ell  is  afTecuti  Dignita- 
tes  hujus  Modi,  ita  amittitis 
Vifum,  Auditumq;  &  c<r- 
ieros  Senfus,  ut  non  am- 
plius  dignofcatis  priftinos 
Amicos. 

MOR. 

Kaec  Fabula  notat  Eos, 
Qui  fublati  in  ahum  de- 
fpiciant  veteres  Amicitias. 


To  Whom  He  fald,  as  He  was 
r^ffl^  at  Jtjis*  I  pi- 
ty Thee  and  O'^rr,  Who 
arrive  to  Honours  of  this 
Kind;  for,  «j  ,/oon 

cj  Ye  have  obtained  Digni- 
ties of  this  Kind,  fo  dto  ^</«  /o/> 
Sight,  fln^/  Hearing,  and  /if  o.- 
/A(fr  Senfes,  Mo/  no  long- 
er do  ye  diftinguifh  old 
Friends. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  denotes  T&ofr, 
Who  raifed  up  on  >&/£/&  de- 
fpife  ancient  FrienduSips. 


FABLE     CIII. 

De  Aquila  £ff  Pica.  0/"the  Eagle  and  the  Magpie. 


Pica  interrogabat  Aqui- 
lam,  ut  acciperet 
Ss  inter  fuos  Familiares  & 
Domefticos  ;  qvand.o  me- 
reretur  Id,  cum  Puhhritu- 
dine  Corporic,  turn  Volu- 
bilitate  Lingva  ad  peragen- 
da  Mandata.  Cut 

Aquila  r  e  fp  o  n  d  i  t ,  facer  cm 
Hoc,  ni  vererer,  ne 
cfferres  cunfla 

tua  Loquacitatc,  Quas 
^a«f  intra  fwfam  Tegulam. 


TH  E  Magpie  <7/&v/the  Ea- 
gle, that  She  would  receive 
/fcr  among  her  FamiliarvS  and 
Domeiticks  ;  feeing  that  She  de- 
ferved  That,  both  Ly  Beau- 
ty of  Body,  and  Volu- 
bility of  Tongue  to  *///- 
patch  Commands.  To  whom 
the  Eagle  anfwered,  I  fhould  do 
This,  unlefs  I  feared,  left  Thou 
fhould  (I  bear  abroad  all  Thir.g{ 
by  thy  Talkativenefs,  Which 
nay  be  done  within  my  Roof. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Hsec  Falula    mon*t,  Tin-         This  JaW<r  advifes,    /^/    tall- 

guaces   &  garrulos  Homines  atlve         and         prating         Meq 

no«  habendos  Domi.  flrf  »<?/  /Q  be  had  at  Home. 

FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE      CIV. 


De   Turdo    ineunte    Amici- 
tiam  cum  Hirundine. 

TUrd  us  gloriabatur, 

Se  contraxiffe 

Amicitiam  cum  Hirundine  ; 
Cut  Mater  inquif,  .  Fili, 
«  Suiltus,  Ji  credas, 
Te  pofle  coniji-vere  cum 
Ea,  cum  Uterq;  Veftrum 
foleat  appetere  divcrfa  Lo- 
ca  ;  etenim  Tu  tklc3arit 
frigidis  Locis,  Ilia  tepidis. 


MOR. 

Monemur 

Jaciamus 


kac     Fabula, 

tft  Jaciamus  Eos  Arnicas 
Nob  is,  Quorum  Vita  dif- 
fcntit  a  nojira. 


(?/"the  Thrnfli  entering  into  Friend- 
fhip  'with  the  Swallow. 


THE  Thrufli 
that  He  bad  contra  fled 
a  Friendflu'p  -with  the  Swallow  ; 
To  'whom  the  Mother  faid,  Son, 
Thou  art  a  Fool,  if  Thou  believe 
that  Thou  att  able  to  live  with 
Her,  feeing  that  Each  of  you 
is  wont  to  defire  different  Pla- 
ces ;  for  Thou  art  delighted 
with  cold  Places,  She  lt>j/A  warm, 

MOR. 

We  are  advifed  <5y  this  Fable, 
//W  WIf  </o  not  make  Them  Friend; 
to  Us,  JVhofc  Life  </£/*. 
fcreth  from  owrj-. 


FABLE     CV; 


quod  am  Divite    & 


O/"  a  certain  Rick  Man  and 
his  Servant, 


ERat  quidam  Dives 
habens  Scrvum  /ar^/t 
Ingenii,  Q^ern  folebat 
mitTcupare  Regem  Stuliorum  : 
IWe  y<?/(?  irritatus  A/j 
Verbis  Jlatuit  referre  par 
Hero  ;  etenim  femcl  con- 
•Ufrfus  in  Herum  inquit, 
Utinam  effem  Rex 

Stultorum  ;     etenim     nullum 
Jmperium     in      toto       Orbe 
Tcrrarum         ej/et          Jatius 
men  ; 


THere  was  a  certain  rich  Man 
having  a  Servant   of  a  flow 
Wit,          Whom          He  vfed 

to  call  the  King  of  Fools  : 
He  often  irritated  at  thefe 
Words  refolded  to  return  the  likt 
to  his  Mailer  ;  for  once  turn- 
ed upon  hit  Majier  he  faid, 
I  wifh  /  was  the  King 
of  Fools  ;  for  no 

Empire  in  the  whole  G/0£tf 
of  .Lands  mould  be  wider 


72       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

tneo  ;     &    Tit  quoque   fub-     than  nine ;  and  Thou  alfo  would/I 
ejjes  meo  Imperlo.  be  under  my  Empire. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Fabula    indicat,    Stultum         The  Fable  /bows,    that  a  Fool 
fxpe  loqui  opportune.  tften    fpeaks  pertinently. 


FABLE     CVI. 


Be    Urbanis    CANIBUS   in- 
fequeti$>uj  Villaticum. 

COmplures  vrbani  Canes 
infequebantur  queudam 
•vlllaticum  praecipiti  Curfu  ; 
QJJOS  I  lie  diu  Jugit  ; 
ncc  aufus  fft  repugnare  : 
At  ubi  converfus  ad  JKos 
infequentes  fub/litit,  &  Ipfe 
quoque  caplt  oRendere 
JDzntes,  Omnts  pariter 
fubftltenint,  nee  Aliquis 
Urlanorum  audcbat  appro- 
ptnquare  I11J.  Tune  Impe- 
rator  Exercitus,  £>ui  forte 
aderat  ibl,  converfut  ad  fuos 
Milites,  inquit,  Commilito- 
res,  Hoc  Speftaculum  ad- 
monet  Nos,  ne  fugiamus, 
cum  videamus  prtfentiora 
Pericula  imtnintre  Nobis 
fugifntilus,  quam  repug- 
nantibus. 


Of  the   City    Docs   purfu* 
ing    the  Village  One. 

MANY         City        Dogs 
purfued         a          certain 
Village  one  with    a   haily  Courfe  ; 
Whom  He  a  long  while  jfeJ  from  ; 
nor          dared  to          refill   : 

2?«/  when  turned  to  Them 
purfuing  jfiTf  flopped,  and  //if 
alfo  ^ao  to  fliow 

his  Teeth,  They  All  equally 
flopped,  nor  any  One 
of  the  City  ones  dared  to  ap- 
proach Him.  Then  the  General 
of  an  Army,  Who  by  Chance 
•was  there,  turned  to  h'n 
Soldiers,  faiJ,  Fellow-Sol- 
diers, This  Sight  ad- 
monif]:es  Us,  that  we  do  not  fly, 
when  We  fee  more  prefent 
Dangers  to  threaten  Us 
than  r* 


jr. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CVIL 


De 


TESTUDJNE 
RANI?. 


r-pESTUDO  confpicata 
JL  Ranas,  Qu*  pafceban- 
tur  in  codem  Stagno,  adco 
leves,  agilefque,  ut  facile 
projilirent  quolibet,  £5* 
faltarent  longij/imc,  accufa- 
bat  Naturam,  quod  procre- 
tiffet  Sc  tarditm  Animal,  £3" 
impeditum  max  i  mo  One- 
re,  ut  neque  poflet 
movers  Se  facile,  &  ajfidue 
premer«tur  magna  Mols. 
At,  ubi'  yidit  Ranas  fi- 
eri F.fcam  Anguillarum, 
&  obnoxias  vel  kvi/ftmo 
Idlui,  aliquantulum  recrea- 
ta  dicebat,  Quanto  f/l 
melius  ftrre  Onus,  Quo 
fum  munita  ad  omnes  Iftus, 
quam  fubire  tot  Difcrimina 
Mortis  ? 

MOR. 

Hxc       Fabula      indicat, 
ne  fcramus  *gre 

Dona  Natura,  Quae  fepe 
funt  majori  Commodo  Nobis, 
quam  Nos  valeamus  intti- 


O/ the  TORTOISE  OB^ 
the  FROGS. 

TH  E  Tortoife  having  fecn 
the  Frogs,  Which  were 
fed  in  the  fame  Poo/,  fo 
light,  and  nimble,  /^df  eafily 
'They  leaped  any  where,  afi^/ 
jumped  very  far,  accu- 
fed  Nature,  that  She  had 
made  Her  a  flow  Animal,  and 
hindered  with  the  greateft  Bur- 
den, that  neither  was  She  able 
to  mow  Herfelf  eafily,  and  daily 
was  preflcd  9"l£  a  great  Weight. 
But,  when  She  favv  the  Frogs  be- 
come the-  Food  of  the  Eels, 
and  obnoxious  even  /o  the  light ejl 
Blow,  a  little  comfort- 
ed Jhe  faid,  By  how  much  is  it 
better  to  bear  a  Burden,  by  Which 
I  am  fortified  to  all  Blows, 
than  to  undergo  fo  many  Dangers 
of  Death  ? 

MOR. 

This  Fable  /hows. 

that  ivefhouldnot  bear  di [contentedly 
the  Gifts  of  Nature,  Which  o/^r, 
are  rt  greater  Advantage  to  [7s t 
than  We  ma  be  able  /a  wider- 


Jland. 


FABLE 


74      SELECT  FABLES  OF 
FABLE     CVIII. 


De    GLIIUBUS    volentibut 
eruere    £>uercum. 

GLires  defllnaverant 

eruere  Qitertum,  glan- 
diferam  Arborem,  Dentf- 
bus  ;  quo  habe- 

rent  Cibvm  paratiorem,  ne 
cogerentur  toties 

afcendcre  Js*  dtfcendtre 
Gratia  Viftus.  StJ 

Quidam  ex  His,  Qtti  longe 
anteibat  cseteros  JEtate,  & 
Experientid  Re  rum,  ab- 
jitrruit  Eos,  dlcer,s,  Si  nunc 
interfieimus  nojlram  Nu- 
tricem,  Quit  praebebit  Ali- 
menta  Nobis,  ac  Noftris 
Annis  futur'u  ? 

MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  monet,  pru- 
Jentem  Virum  debere  intucrt 
r.on  modo  prafcntla,  verum 
longe  profpicere  futura. 


Of    the    DORMICE     ivilli 
to  over-turn  the  Oak. 

TH  E  Dormice  had 
to    over- turn  the  Oak,    an 
Acorrr-bearing  Tree,    with  their 
Teeth  ;  that  they 

mighc  have  Food  readier,  that 
They  might  not  be  forced  fo  often 
to  afcend  and  defcend 
for  the  Sake  of  Food.  But 
One  of  Thefe,  Who  by  far 
excelled  the  reft  in  Aget  and 
Experience  of  Things,  deter- 
red Them,  faying,  If  now 
We  deftroy  Our  Nou- 
riflier,  Who  will  afford  Nou- 
rl/hments  to  Us,  and  Ourt 
for  future  Te&rt  ? 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifes,  that  a  pru- 
dent Mau  ought  to  look  into 
not  only  prefent  Things,  but 
afar  of  to  forefee  the  future . 


FABLE     CIX. 

De  CANE  &  HERO.  Of   the   DOG  and  the  MASTER. 


Q 


Uidam  habens  Canem, 
quo  diligeretur 

7//o~magis,  femper  pafcebat 
Eum  fuis  Manlbus,  & 
folvelat  ligatum  ;  auiem  ju- 
bebat  ligari  &  verberari 
a.  ServO)  ut  Beneficia 
vidcrcntur 


A  Certain  Man  having  a  Dog, 
fAfl/  He  ftiould  be  beloved 
^y     /f/m      more,      alwayt      fed 
/rVm    with   his  own  Handst     and 
/oo/f^/     Him     bound  ;      £a/     or- 
dered Him   to  be   bound  and   beat 
by    a  Servant,    that   /£*  Benefits 
fhould 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.      75 


fhould  feem  to  le  conferred  upon 
Him  by  Himfelf,  but  the  ill 
Turns  by  the  Servant.  But 
the  Dog  bearing  unkindly,  that  He 
daily  was  bound,  and  beat, 
Jled  away  ;  and,  when  He  was 
blamed  by  the  Mafter,  as  un- 
grateful, and  unmindful  of fo great 
Benefits,  Who  bad  Jled 
from  Him)  by  Whom  He  had  been 
always  beloved,  and  fed, 
but  never  bound,  and 
beaten,  He  anfwcred,  /  //>/'///£ 
That  done  by  77**,  Which 
a  Servant  doth  by  thy  Command. 


viderentur  effe  collata  in 
Ilium  a  Se,  awtem  Male- 
fa<5la  a  Servo.  Autem 
Cants  ferens  #gre,  Se 
ajjidue  ligari,  &  verbeiari, 
aufugit  ;  &,  cum  increpa- 
retur  a  Domino,  ut  ingra- 
tus,  £*f  immemor  tantorum 
Beneficiorum,  Qui  fugijfct 
a  .SV,  a  $>uo  fuifjtt 
femper  dileftus,  £f?  paftus, 
autem  nunquam  ligatus,  & 
•verberatus,  refpondit,  Pw/o 
Id  Fadum  a  TV,  Q^iod 
Servusjacit  tuo 


Fabula"       hufieat,       Eos 

kabendo's             Malefa&ores, 
Qui  fuere    Caufa  Maleficio- 
rum. 

MOR. 
The  Fable  /bows,  that  Thofe 
are     to    be   accounted   Evil    Doers, 
Who  have  been  the  Caufe  of  evil 
Deeds. 

FAB 

L  E     CX. 

De  AVIBUS  timentibus 
Scarabseos. 

0/"the  BIRDS  fearing 
the  Beetles. 

M Agnus  Timor  incef- 
ferat  Aves,  ne 
Scarabaet  occiderent  Eas 
Bal'tftd,  a  Qiillius  audive- 
rant  magnam  Vim  P/7«- 
r«m  ftiiflc  fabric  at  am  in 
Stei'qitilinio  fammo  Labore. 
Turn  P^r  inqtiit,  AW/'- 
/^  expavefcere  ;  eten'im 
quomodo  potuerunt  jacere 
Pi/as  volantcs  per  Ae'ra  ?n 
Nos,  CKWJ  vix  trahant 
Eas  ^r  Terram  magno 
Molimine  ? 

L 


A  Great  Fear  had  fti'z- 
ed  the  Birds,  left 
the  Beetles  fhould  kill  Them 
w/V/&  a  Crofs-Botu,  by  ^/&om  They 
had  heard  a  great  Power  of  Bul- 
lets had  been  forged  on 
a  Dunghill  with,  very  great  Labour. 
Then  //&<?  Sparrow  fa  id,  ^  «o/  w/7- 
//^  to  fear  ;  for 

how  y^<3//  /^j  ^  able  to  caft 
Bullets  flying  thro*  the  Air  M/OK 
Us,  ivhen  fcarce  they  can  dratu 
Them  on  the  Ground  with  great 
Labour  ? 


76      SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESO?. 

MOR.  MOR. 

"HxcFaluIa  zdmouctNos,         This    Fable    admonifiies     Ut, 

re         cxtimefcamus       Opes  that    We    fear    not     the    Rlchet 

Hoftium,     Quibus    videmus  of  Enemies,  to  Whom  We  fee  that 

Ingenlum  deeffe.  Wit  is  wanting. 


FABLE     CXI. 


JDe  URSO  &  APIBUS. 

URSUS  ifftu  ab  Ape 
eft  percitus  tanfa 
Ira,  ut  difcerperet  toia 
•Alvearia  Unguilus,  in 
Quibus  Apes  mellif.ca'ucrant. 
Tune  univerfe  Apes,  cum 
viderent  fvas  Domos 
dirui,  Cibaria 

auferrt,  Filios  necari, 
fubito  Impttu  invadentes 
Urfum,  pene  r.ecavere 
Aculeis  ;  $>ui  vix 

elapfus  ex  Manibus 

Eorum,  dictbat  Secum, 
Quanta  erat  melius  tolerare 
Acultum  unius  Apist  quam 
concitare  tot  Hoftet  in 
Me  mea  Iracundia  ? 

MOR.  MOR. 

Haec    Tabula    indicat  fj/e  This    Fable  (hows     /*    /0     ^ 

longe    mf///)j    fuftincre    /a-  far    &?«?/•     to     fuflain     the     In- 

juriam    Unius,    quam,    dura  jury      of      One,      /^a»,     whilft 

volumus        punire        Unum,  We  are    <wWing    to    punifh  One, 

compararc  mvltos  Inimlcos.  to  g«  many  Enemies. 


0/the   BEAR  an^/ the  BEES. 

A  BEAR  being Jlung  by  a  Bee 
was  ftirred  tuith  fo  great 
Anger,  that  He  tore  all 
the  Hives  with  his  Paws,  in 
Which  the  Bees  ta*/  ma*/<?  Honey. 
Then  a//  the  Bees,  <whcn 
they  faw  A&«'r  Houfe* 
overturned,  their  Maintenances 
/a^n  away,  their  Young  iilleJ, 
with  a  {udden  0«/^f  attacking 
/^  ^«r,  almoft  killed  Him 
with  their  Stings  ;  Who  fcarcc 
having  Jlipt  out  of  /£<?  Hands 
of  Them,  /W  with  Himfelf, 
By  how  much  was  /V  better  to  bear 
f£f  i'/y/jy  of  one  £ee,  than 
/o  raife  up  fo  many  Enemies  againft 
Me  by  my 


TABLE 


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FABLE     CXII. 


77 


2)i  MILTTE  &  duobus 
Ec^uis. 

Miles  halem  optimum 
Equum,  emit  /ilium 
nequicquam  parent  Illi  Bo- 
nit ate ,  Quern  nutrielat 
multo  diligentiuj ',  quarn 
friorem.  Turn  Pojlerior  ait 
Jic  priori,  Cur 

Dominus  curat  Me  impen- 
Jius,  quam  Te  ;  cum 
Jim  comparandus  Tibi 
neque  Pulchritudine,  neq; 
Robore,  neque  Velocitate  ? 
Cui  -Hie  inquit,  H<sc  eft 
Natura  "Hominum,  ut  fint 
femper  benigniores  in  novos 
Hofpltes. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  indicat 
Ament'iam  Hominum,  §>ui 
folent  anteponere  nova 
veteribtis,  etiamfi  Jint 
deteriora. 


Of  the  SOLDIER  and  the  t\vo 
HORSES. 

A  Soldier  having  a  very  good 
Horfe,  bought  Another 
not  at  all  equal  to  Him  in  Goocf- 
nefs,  Whom  He  nourt/hed 
much  more  diligently,  than 
the  former.  Then  the  Latter  faid 
thus  to  the  former,  Why 
does  my-Maftcr  mind  Me  more  di- 
ligently, than  Thee  ;  feeing  that 
/  am  to  be  compared  to  Thee 
neither  in  Beauty,  nor 
Strength,  nor  Swiftnefs  ? 

To  Whom  He  faid,  This  is 
the  Nature  of  Men,  that  they  are 
always  more  kind  to  new 
Cue/Is. 


This 


MOR. 
Fable 


fliows 

of  Men,  Who 
are  wont  /o  prefer  new  Things 
fo  o/n/,  altho*  they  are 
worfe. 


FABLE     CXIII. 

'  De  Aucupe  Cff  Fringilla.        0/"the  Fowler  a»</  the  Chaffinch. 


AUCEPS  tetenderat 

Rctia  Volucribus,  & 
tffuderat  largam  Efcam 
Illis  /«  Area  ;  /amw 
non  capiebat  Aves  pafcen- 
tcs  j  quia  vidcbantur  pauc<e 
Sibi  ; 


THE  Fowler  had  Jlr  etched  out 
his  Nets  to   the    Birds,  and 
£a</      poured    out      much     Food 
to   Them  in   a   void  Place  ;    yet 
He  did  not   take   the  Birds  feed- 
ing ;   bscaufe   they    feemed    /V<zy 
to  Him  ; 


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Sibi  ;  Quibus  pa  ft  is, 
ac  a  volant  ibus,  Alia 
adyeniunt  pnjlum  ;  .Q»as 
quoq;  ntglejcit  capere  propter 
Paucitatem.  Hoc  Or  dine 
fervato  per  totum  J)iem, 
acAiiis  advcnientibus,  All'is 
abeuntibus,  lilo  femper  ex- 
peEiante  rr.ajorem  Predam, 
tandem  capit  acivefpe- 
rafcere  :  Tune  Auctps, 
Spe  amifia  caplcndi  mul- 
tas,  cum  jam  effet  Tempns 
guie/andf,  attrahens  fiui 
Rctia,  cspit  tantiim  ut.am 
Fringillam,  qua  infclix  Avis 
reroanferat  in  Area. 


to  Him  ;  Which  being  fed, 
and  flying  away,  Others 
come  to  feed;  Which 
aifo  He  neglected  to  take  for 
their  Fetvnefs.  This  Ot\.er 
being  kept  thro1  the  whole  Day, 
and  Others  coming,  Gihtrs 
going  away,  fie  always  ex- 
peBltig  a  greater  Preyt 
at  length  //  began  to  grow 
Evening  :  Then  the  Fowler, 
the  Hope  being  loll  of  taking  ma- 
ny, when  now  it  was  Time  ' 
of  rejling,  drawing  yp  his 
Nets,  took  only  one 

Chaffinch,    fvluci    unhappy   Bird 
had  remained  in  the  void  Place. 


MOR.  .MoR. 

Hoec  Fabula   indicat,  Eos  This   Fable    (hows,     that    they 

faspe        i)ix      pofle       eapere  often     fcarce    are     able    /o    to^ 

pauca,            £hii           volunt  a    few  Things,    Wh?  are    \villing 

comprehendere  omnia.  to  take  all  Things. 


FABLE     CXIV. 


De  SUE  6f  CANE. 

SUS  irr'uhlat  odori- 
fcquum  Canemt  Qui 
aJulal'dtur  Domino  Mur- 
mure  ?<.  Cauda,  a  ^/o 
f uerat  inftmSus  ad  oucnpa- 
roriam  Artem  mu'iis 

Verberibm  &  Vcllicatrcnil-us 
Annum:  Cui  Canis' inquit, 
In  fane,  nefcis 

Qnse    fnm     confecutus     ex 
ill  is  Verberibus  ;  ctenirn  per 
Jta         vefcor        fuaviftma 
Caroc 


Of  the  SWINE  and  the  DOG. 

THE  SwiSc  laughed  at  the 
Scent-following  Dog,  Who 
flattered  the  Mafter  w;VA  a  Mur- 
mur and  A/'J  Tot/i  by  Wham 
He  had  been  injlrucled  for  thefo-w~ 
ling  Art  w£f£  wfl«)' 

Stripes  and  Plucks  of  the 
Ears  :  To  w/»om  the  Dog  /a/W, 
Mad  Wretch,  T"^  knoweji  not 
What  /  Z'a'Uf  obtained  from 
thofe  Siripes  ;  for  £y 

I  am  fed  iv:,th  the  woftfweet 
Flefh 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP. 

Partridges 


Came  Perdicum 

Cotttrnicum. 


&      Flefli        cf 
Quails. 


79 

and 


Hfcc 

ne  feramus  ini- 

quo  Animo  Verier  a  Prat- 
ceptorum,  Qua  confue- 
verunt  effe  Caufa  mu/torvm 
bonorum. 


MOR. 


This  Fable  admoniflie*  Us, 
that  We  fhould  not  bear  <witb  an 
impatient  Mind  the  Stripts  of  Ma- 
fters,  Which  have 

ufcd    to   le  the    Caufe    of   many 
good  Things. 


FABLE     CXV. 


De 


TRABE     increpante    Pi- 
griiiara  Bourn. 


TRabs,      Que     veheba- 
tur  Curru,  increpabat 
Boves,     ut    Itntulos,    dicens, 
Pigri,    curritt,    nam  portatis 
le<vc  Onus  :  Ctii 

Boves  refponderunt,  Irri- 
des  Nos  ?  Ignoras, 

(ju£  Pee  n  a  manet  Te. 
Nos  deponemus  hoc  Onus 
cito  :  autem  turn  Tu  coge- 
ris  fultinere,  quoad  rum- 
paris.  Trabs  indoluit, 
nee  aufa  eft  amplias  la- 
rejjere  Boves  Conviciis, 

MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  mo  net 
Quemlibet,  ne  infultet 
Calami tatibus  Aliorum, 

cum  Ipfe  poj/it  ftibjici 
majorilus. 


Of  ihe  BEAM   blaming  the   Slow- 
nefs  of  the  Oxen. 

THE  Beam,  which  was  car- 
ried in  a  Waggon,  blamed 
the  Oxen,  as  Jlo«ju,  faying, 
Tejloiu  Wretches,  run,  for  ye  carry 
a  light  Burden  ;  To  whom 
the  Oxen  anfwereJ,  Doll  Thou 
laugh  at  Us  ?  Then  knoweft  not, 
what  Punifiiment  waits  Thee. 
We  (hsll  lay  down  this  Burden 
quickly  :  but  then  Thou  /halt  It 
forced  to  bear,  until  thou  maycft 
be  broken.  The  Beam  grieved. 
nor  dared  longer  to  pro- 
voke the  Oxen  with  Revilings. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifeth 

any  One,  that  He  in  full  not 
the  Calamities  of  Others, 
•whin  He  Himfclf  may  be  fubjeft 
to  greater. 


FABLE 


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FABLE     CXVI. 


De    CARDUELE    £3* 

PUERO. 

CArduclis    interrogata    a 
Puero,     a     Quo     fue- 
rat     haliita       fuis      Deliciis, 
&     nutrita     fuavibus     Cibis, 
cur  egreffa  Cavea 

«0//<r/  regredi,  inqutt, 
Ut  />£^m  pa  fee  re  meo 
Arbitratu,  non  tuo. 

Mo*. 


Of  the  LINNET   a«rf 
the  BOY. 

THE  Linnet  being  qfled  by 
the  Boy,  by  tf'Aorc  She  had 
been  held  in  his  Delights, 
and  nouri/hed  with  fweet  Meats, 
why  having  gone  out  of  the  Cage 
•Sita  <zu<«  un-willing  to  return,  ya/£/» 
That  /may  ^  aWf  to  feed  at  my 
Pleafure,  not  at  thine. 


If  OK. 

This    Fallc    fhows, 


Haec  Falula  indicat,  Li 

lertaiem    Vitse    antepor.endam     berty    of  Life  « 
cunSis  Deliciu.  before  all  De/igbts. 


preferred 


FABLE     CXVII. 

Scurra   £5*  Epifcopo.          Of  the  Jefter   an^/  the  Bifiiop. 


SCurra  accedens  ad  quen- 
dam  Epifcopum,  divitem 
quidem,  fed  avarum,  Ca- 
lendis  Januarii,  petebat  au- 
reum  Nvmtfma  Nomine 
Strent  ;  Antiftcs 

tiixit,  Homfnetn  infanirt, 
.Qui  crederet,  tantam  Pecu- 
niam  dari  S:bi  in 
Strenam.  Turn  Scurra 
ccepit  efflagitare  argenteum 
Nummum  ;  fed,  cum  I  lie 
eficertt.  Hoc  vii/eri  nimium 
JiW,  orabat,  at  trade- 
ret  5/3;  asreurn  Quadran* 
tern  :  Sed  cum  non  poffct 


AJeftcr    coming    to    «    «r- 
/am          Bifhop,  /vVi 

indeed,  ^w/  covetous,  on  the  Ca- 
lends of  January,  afked  a  Gol- 
den Piece  of  Money  in  the  Name 
ofaNew-rear'sGift:  The  Prelate 
faidt  that  the  Man  was  mad, 
Who  believed,  that  fo  much  ^l/o- 
,«^y  would  be  given  Him  for 
a  New-Tear* sGift.  Then  the  Jejle? 
began  /o  ajk  fome  Silver 
Money  ;  but,  w/>d>«  He 
yiu/,  that  This  ftemed  too  much 
/o  Htm,  He  entreated,  /£a/  He 
would  give  Him  a  brafs  Far- 
thing „•  But  wim  he  was  not  able 


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txtorquere  Hunc  ab  Epifco- 
po,  inqutt,  reverende  Pater , 
imperti  Me  tua  Benediflione 
pro  Sir  end  :  Tune 

Epifcopus  inquit,  Fill,  flt&e 
tua  Genua,  ut  benedicam  Tibi. 
At  Scurra  inquit,  Ego  nolo 
tuam  tarn  vi/ein  Bcnedi&i- 
onera  ;  etenim  ii  valeret 
sereum  Nummum,  profe&6 
nunquam  concederes  Earn 
Mihi. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  eft  confeda 
contra  eos  Epifcopos  £5* 
Sacerdotes,  Qua  ejlimant 
Opes  £5"  Divitias  //«ra 
quam  Sacra,  &  Myjleria 
Ecclefis. 


/o  wring  This  _/rowz  the  Bi- 
(hop,  A*  yJ«V/,  reverend  Father^ 
reward  Me  with  your  Bleffing 
for  d  New-  Tear's  Gift  :  Then 
the  fit/hop  faid,  5o«,  bend 
thy  Knees,  that  /  may  blefs  Thee. 
But  the  Jefler  faid,  /  will  not 
have  thy  fo  cheap  Blef- 
fing  ;  Jfr  if  /'/  availed 
a  brafs  Farthing,  truly 
««t;<?r  wouldft  Thou  grant  /f 
to  Me. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  is  made 
againft  thofe  Bifhops  and 
Priefts,  Who  efleem 

Wealth  and  Riches  more 
than  the  facred Rites,  and  Myjleries 
of  the  Church. 


FABLE     CXVIII. 


De  Upupa  honorata  in- 
digne. 

FEre  omnes  Aves  invi- 
tat*  ad  Nuptias  Aqui- 
las  ferebant  indigne,  Upupam 
prxferri  cateris,  quia 
fjjet  infiguis  Corona,  & 
ornata  Terficoloribus 

Pennis  ;  cum  femper  cflet 
folita  volitare  inter  Stercora 
fc?  Sordes. 

MOR. 

Fabula  ^rguit 


Of   the  Puet   honoured    un- 
worthily. 

ALmoft  <z//the  Birds  ^//TJ-  ;«w- 
Wto  /^  Wedding  of  the  Ea- 
gle ^ore  ;V  unworthily,  Ma/  //&*  Part 
was  preferred  to  the  reft,  becaufe 
Jhe  was  fine  with  a  Crown,  and 
adorned  with  various  coloured 
Feathers  ;  when  always  She  was 
to  neille  OWCB?  the  Mud 
Filth. 

MOR. 
reproves 


This 

Eorum,     ^t//    in   ho-     ly    of    Them,    /fofo    in    honour- 
norandit    Homimbus  fotius    ing  Men  rather 


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fbleant  obfervare  Nitorcm 
Vcflium,  &  Prtftantiam 
Formae,  quam  Virtutes 
fcf  Mores. 


arc  wont  to    mind  the  Splendour 

ef       Cloaths,       and  Excellency 

of       Beauty,        than  Virtues 
and  Morals. 


FABLE     CXIX. 


De  SACERDOTE    fc? 
PYRIS. 

QUidam  gulofus  Sacerdos 
proficlfcent  extra Patri- 
<im  ad  Nuptias,  ad  £>uas 
fucrat  invitatus,  reperit 
jtceroum  Pyrorum  in 
Itincre,  Quorum  attigit 
tie  Unum  quidem  ;  quin  po- 
tius  habcns  Ea  Ludibrio, 
confperfit  Urina  ;  etenlm 
indiguabatnr,  Ciboi  hujuf- 
modi  offer  ri  in  It  in  ere, 
Qui  accej/ebat  ad  lautas 
Epulas.  Sed  cum  offendlffet 
in  Itinere  quendam 

Tor  rent  em  it  a  auSum 
Imbribus,  ut  non  pof- 
fet  tr an/ire  Eum  fine 
Pcriculo  Vit<e,  conftitin't 
redire  Domum  ;  Autem  re- 
vertrnt  jcjunnsy«//  opprefTus 
tantd  Fame,  ut  nifi 
cotnediflct  ilia  Pyra,  £>u<e 
confpcrfcrat  Urina,  ciim 
non  invtniret  Aliud, 
fuiffet  extinftus  Fame. 

MOR. 

Haec     Fabula     admonet, 

Nihil      efle       contemnendum, 

ciim  JV/^iV  fit    tarn  vile    £lf 

ab- 


the    PRIEST 
the  PEARS. 


and 


A  Certain  greedy  Pried 
going  out  of  his  Coun- 
try to  a  Wedding,  to  #7>zV£ 
He  had  been  invited,  found 
a  Heap  of  Peats  in 
the  Road,  of  Which  He  touched 
not  One  indeed  ;  but  ra- 
M<rr  having  77v/n  in  Derifion, 
He  fprinkled  them  with  Urfne  ;  for 
He  rcfented,  /^a/  Meats  of  this 
K.indjlou/d  le  offered  in  the  Journey, 
Who  •waj  .gw'nf  to  fumptuous 
Dainties,  ^w/  when  He  had  found 
in  //6<?  Way  a  certain 
Break  fo  increafed 

with  the  Showers,  //><7/  He  was 
not  able  /o  pafs  over  It  without 
Danger  of  Life,  He  refolved 
to  return  Home  :  But  «- 
turning  fading  He  'was  opprefled 
•with  fo  great  Hunger,  that  unlefs 
He  had  eat  thofe  Pears,  Which 
He  had  fprinklcd  witl>l7ritutwbcn 
He  could  not  find  any  Thing  elfe, 
He  had  leen  dead  mitt  Hunger. 

MOR. 

This  'Fable  advifc?, 

that    Nothing     is    to  be    defpifed, 

feeing  that  Nothing  i»*fo  vile  anaf 

ab- 


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abje&um,   Quod  non 
aliquando  efle  Ufui. 


abjcft,         Which 
fometime  be  of  Ufi. 


may 


FABLE     CXX. 


Ds  Porco 


Equo. 


Of  the  Hog  and  the  Horfe. 


POrcus  confpiciens  Equum 
Belldtoris,     Qiii     ta/a- 

THE  HogleboMng  the  Horfe 
of  a  fflarriour,   Who  arm- 

phradus  prodibat    ad   Pug- 

ed           went              in             Bat- 

nam,    inquit,    Stulte,      Q»o 

tle,         [aid,          Fool,        Whither 

properas  ?    etenlm       fortaffe 

doil  Thou  haften  ?    /or  perhaps 

morieris            in           Pugnd. 

TJ6o«     •wilt      die    in     /<£>£      Fight. 

Cui        Equus        refpondlt, 

To  whom     /^e    ^cr/f    anfvvered, 

Cullellus  adimct  ^//aw  Tibi, 

A  Knife  will  take  Z$  from  Thee, 

impinguato    inter    Lutum     & 

fattened       amortgll       Mud      and. 

Sordes,           cum           SsJ)'er'ts 

Filth,  when  7"/6oz/  ySf///  /6ai;^    done 

Nihil  dignura  Laude  ;   vero 

Nothing  worthy   of  Praife  ;    but 

Gloria      comitabitur     /wflw 

Glory      fhall      accompany       my 

Mortem. 

Death. 

MOR. 

MOR. 

Ha:c    Faoula    innnit,    efje 

This    Fable    hints,     that   it    is 

honeftius    occumbere^    Rebus 

more     honeft     to     die,      Things 

geftis         praeclare,          guanf 

being      carried      famoufly,       than 

protrahere      Vltam      adtana 

to      protrafl       a      Life      fpent 

turpiter. 

bafely, 

FABLE     CXXI. 

tie  Coriario  emcnte  Pellem  Of  the  Tanner  buying  the  Skin 
Urji  nondum  capti  a  of  a  Bear  not  yet  taken  by 
Venatore.  the  Huntjman. 

COriarius     acceJens      ad  rT^  H  E     Tanner     coming     to 

fanatortm   emit  Pel/em  JL     the  Hunter  bought  the  Skin 

Urfi    ab    Eo,     &    protulit  of  a  Bear  of  Him,    <W  proffered 

Pscuniam  pi  o  £"«.    Ille  dixitt  Money     £QI     //,         He       fatd* 

Sibi  that 

M 


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Sibi  ncn  effe  Pellem  Urfi 
in  Prafentia  /  cseterum  po- 

Jlridi:  profe&urum 

vfnatam,  &,  Urfo  interfec- 
to,  polticetur,  Se  daturum 
Pellem  Illius  El.  Coriari- 
us  profeSus  in  Sylvan, 
afcendit  ahiffimam 

Aiborem,  ut  Jnde  profptce- 
ret  Certamen  •  Urfi 

&•  Venatorlf.  Venator 
intrepldus  profe&us  ad 
Arftrura,  vbi  Urfus  /atelmt, 
Canibus  immiflis,  compulit 
Ilium  exirc,  ^w,  Iftu 
Penatorit  e'vitato,  pro- 

Jiravit  Eum  Humi.  Tune 
Senator  fciens,  hanc  Feram 
non  fevire  in  Cadavera,  fuo 
Anhelitu  retento,  fimulabat 
5^  mortuum.  Urfus  olfa- 
cicns,  cum  dcprehcnderet 
Ilium,  nee  fpirantem  Nafo, 
nee  Ore,  abfcejjit.  Coria- 
rius,  cum  perfpiceret  Feram 
abefle,  ac  ad e fie 

Nihil  amplius  Psrtculit 
deducens  Se  ex 

Arlorti  &  accedtns  ad  Ve- 
natorem^  Qui  audebat  non- 
dum/urgere,  tnonebat  I/tum, 
ut  fvrgeret  :  deinde 
interrogavit,  Quid  Urfus 
cfTet  locutus  Ei  ad  Aurem. 
Cui  Venator  inquit,  Mo- 
nuit  Me,  ne  vellem 
deinceps  venders  Pellem 
Ur/i,  nJH  priut  cepe- 
rim  Eum. 


that  He  had  not  the  Skin  of  a  Biar 
at  prtfent  ;  but  the  Day 
after  He  fhould  go 

to  hunt,  and,  the  Bear  being  kill- 
ed, He promifes,  that  He  would givs 
the  SL'm  of  k  /o  #H».  The  Tan- 
ner having  gone  into  /<£^  Wood, 
afcends  a  w«;y  high 

Tree,  //W  thence  ^i?  might  i>e- 
hold  the  Engagement  cf  the  Bear 
and  ftk  Hunter.  The  Hunter 
unajfrigkted  having  gone  /» 
the  Cave,  where  the  Bear  /aj»  A/V, 
the  Dogs  being  fent  in,  forced 
Him  to  go  out,  Whot  the  Blow 
of  the  Hunter  being  avoided, 
beat  Him  on  the  Ground.  Then 
the  Hunter  knowing,/^/  this  Bead 
did  not  rage  on  CarcafTes,  his 
Breath  being  held,  feigned 
Himfelf  dead.  The  Bear  fmell- 
ing,  when  he  held 

Himt  neither  breathing  at  the  Nofe, 
nor  Mouth,  went  away.  The  Tan- 
ner, when  He  perceived  the  Beajl 
to  be  gone,  and  that  there  was 
Nothing  more  o/"  Danger, 
letting  down  Himfelf  out  of 
/£e  Tree,  and  «OT;«§-  to  /£*  Hun- 
ter, Who  ^arr//  not 
yet  to  arife,  advifed  Him, 
that  He  fbould  arife  :  then 
He  ajkedy  What  //^  Bear 
had  fpoke  /<?  ^'m  in  his  Ear. 
To  whom  the  Hunter  faid,  /£? 
warnedMc,tbat  Ifiouldnot  be  will- 
ing hereafter  to  fell  the  Skin 
of  a  Bear,  unlefs  I  frjl  (hall  have 
taken  /T/m. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^KSOP. 


MOR. 

Hxc  Fabula  iadicat,   in- 
ctrta  non  habea- 

da  pro  certis. 


MOR. 

This  Falle  fhows,  thfit  uncer- 
tain Things  are  not  to  be  account- 
ed for  certain. 


FABLE     CXXII. 

ita  £>'  Milite.        Of  the  Hermit   and  the  Soldier. 


A  Certain  Hermit,  a  Man 
o/  mo/?  ^  Life, 
ad'ctfed  a  Soldier,  /^a/  fe- 
culrar  Warfare  being  left,  W^/V/> 
Few  exercife  without  Of- 
fence of  God,  and  Hazard 
of  Life,  at  length,  be  would  give 
Hirafclf  to  Quiet  of  Body,  and 
would  confult  for  Safety  of  Soul. 
To  Whom  the  Soldieryij/W,  Father, 
/  quill  do  what  Ton  advife  ;  for 
it  is  true,  tkat  at  this  Tims 
Soldiers  neither  dare  to  afk 
Pay,  o///jo'  it  be  fmailt 
nor  to  plunder. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  (hows, 

^<#  Many  renounce  Vices^ 
becaufe  They  are  not  able  to  ex- 
ercife Them  longer. 


QUidam    Eremita,    Vir 
fancTi/fima  Vitae, 

bortalatur  Militem,  «/  fe- 
culari  Militia  relida,  Quam 
Pauci  exerccnt  abfque  Of- 
fenfa  Dei,  £s*  Difcrimine 
^irV«,  tandem  traderet 
Se  j^//Vrt"  Corport&,  £sf 
confuleret  Salutl  Animre. 
Car  Miles  inquit,  Pater, 
faciam  quod  wanes  ;  nam 
*/?  verum,  yworf  hoc  Temper e 
Milites  neque  audent  exigcre 
Stipendia,  licet  fint  cxiguat 
neque  pradari. 


MOR. 

Fabula       indicat, 
renunciare     fit  Us  t 


Hsec 
Multos 

quia   ///*'    non    poffunt 
ercere  Ilia  amplius. 


FABLE 


86      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CXXIII. 


De  Viro  &  Uxorc 


QUid am  Fir,  fua  Uxorc 
defun&a,  Quam  valde 
dilexerat,  duxit  Aheram,  & 
Ipfam  Viduam  ;  Qu<e  afli- 
diie  oljiciebat  Ei  V'trtule:  & 
fort'ia  Facinora  prioris  Ma- 
riti  :  Cut,  ut  r£/>r- 
fet  Par,  Ipfe  quoqut  refe- 
rebat  probatiffimos  Mores, 
fe9  infigrrem  Pud'icitlam  de- 
funclx  Uxoris.  Autem  quo- 
dam  Die,  i>a/a  fuo 
Fire,  dedit  Partem  Capo- 
nis,  Quern  coxerat  «« 
Ccenam  Utrifq;  Pauperi 
petenti  Eleemofynam,  dicetis, 
Do  Hoc  Tibi  £ro  Anima 
w«  prioris  Viri ;  Qpod 
Marititf  audiens,  Paupere 
accerfito  ab  Eo,  dedit 
reliquum  Caponis  li't, 
dicens,  Et  Ego  quoque  do 
Hoc  Tibi  pro  Anima  met 
defun6tas  Uxoris.  Sic  ////', 
dum  dlter  ctipit  nocere 
Alteri,  tandem  non  habu- 
crunt  S>uod  coenarent. 

MOR. 

Knee  Falida  monet,  non 
effe  pugnandum  contra  Eos 
§hii  pofTunt  •oindicare 
Se  o//«W. 


Of  the  Man  and  Wife 
married. 

^  Certain  jffdn,  his  Wife 
beingdcad,^Ao»H/2^vcry  much 
had  loved,  married  dnotlert  and 
#fr  a  Widow  ;  Who  dai- 
ly oljeSed  to  Him  /^  Virtuet  and 
-valiant  Deeds  c/"^r  former  Huf- 
band  :  To  Wham,  that  ^  »»^ 
return-  the  Like,  He  o^o  relat- 
ed /££  »»^  approved  Morals, 
and  remarkable  Modejly  of  his 
dead  Wife.  But  on  a  cer- 
tain Day,  £f//;£  angry  'with  her 
Hnfoand,  She  gave  /\ir/  of  a  Ca- 
pon, Which  fhe  had  cooked  for 
the  Supper  of  Each  <  to  a  poor  Man 
nfklng  an  Alms,  foyingt 
I  give  y/^/V  to  Thee  _/br  the  Soul 
c//"  my  former  Hujland ;  Wrhich 
/.-'»£  Hujland  heaving ,  the  poor  Alan 
being  called  ^y  Him,  gave 
//j/?  r/Jj  of  the  Capon  /o  ^/'w, 
faying,  -^«^  I  alfo  give 
TAw  to  Thee  for  the  Soul  c/"  my 
departed  Wife.  Thus  r%, 
\vhilft  One  defires  to  hurt 
the  other,  at  length  had 
not  What  They  might  fup  on. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifcfi,  that  it  is 
net  to  be  fought  agatnjl  Thofe 
Who  are  able  to  revenge 
Themfelves  very  well. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       S~ 
FABLE      CXXIV. 

De  LEONE  &?  MURE.  Of  the  LION  and  the  MOUSE, 


LE  O,  captus  Laqueo  la 
Sylva,     cum      vidcret 
Se       ita        ir  ret  it  urn,          nt 
r.on.          pojjet  explicare 

S?  inde,  ragavit  Murem, 
ut,  Laqueo  abrofo 

ab  Eo,  liberarct  Eum, 
promittens,  Se  non  futurum 
immemorem  tanti  Benefic'ii  ; 
Qjjod  cum  Mus  ffctffet 
prompte,  rogavit  Leonem, 
vf  traderet  FHiatn 

Sibi  in  Uxorem  :  Leo 
non  abnuit,  ut  faceret 
Rent  gratam  fuc  BencfaAorf. 
intern  nova  nupta  veniena 
ad  Virum,  cum  non 
videret  Eum,  Cafu  prejfit 
Ilium  fuo  Pede,  fe*  contri- 
vit. 

Moa. 

Hsec  Falula  indicat,  Ma- 
trimonia  &  cetera  Confor- 
tia  improbanda,  Q^^e 
ctntrahunlur  ab  Imbaribus. 


THE  Liovjaten  in  a  Snare  /« 
the  Wood,  Wjfn  He  faw 
Himfclf  fo  entangled,  that 
7/<?  ct</j  '  «0f  o3/^  to  extricate 
Himftif  thence,  afked  \.\\e  Moufe, 
/^a/,  the  Snare  being  gnawed 
by  /^/m,  He  would  free  Himt 
promifing,  tint  He  would  not  be 
unmindful  of  fo  great  a  Benefit  ; 
Which  <wlen  the  Moufe  had  done 
readily,  Hi  a/ked  the  Lion, 
that  He  would  give  bis  Daughter 
to  Him  to  Wife  :  The  Lion 
refufed  not,  that  He  might  do 
a  Thing  grateful  to  his  Benefactor. 
But  the  new  married  Lady  coming 
to  the  Hufband,  -when  She  did  not 
fee  Him,  by  Chance  prfffcd, 
Him  with  Her  Foot,  and  trod 
him  to  Pieces. 


MOR. 


This 


Fable  (hows,  that  Mar- 
riages  and  other  Fellow - 
(hips  are  to  le.  condemned,  Which 
are  contraQed  by  Unequals. 


FABLE     CXXV. 

De  ULMO  &  SILERE.  Of  the  ELM  and  the  OSIER. 


ULmu 
Flu 


•  Lmus,     nata    in    Ripd 
uminis,         irridel^t 
Siler         proximum         Sibi, 
Ut     {Jebile     &      infirrjnum, 
quod 


THE  Elm,  born  on  the  Bank 
of    a     River,     laughed    at 


the 


Oder 
weak 


next       to       Him, 
and          infirm, 
becavfe 


SELECT  FABLES  OF 


quod  fle&eretur  «J  omnem 
vel  leviffimutn  Impetum 
Undarum  ;  autem  extolle- 
bat  juam  Firmitatetn  S35 
Robur  magntficis  Verbis  ; 
guod  Jnconcuffa  pertulerat 
affiduos  Impetus  Amnis 
multos  A  n  n  os,  Autem 
Ulmus  tandem  perfrafta 
maxima  Violent  ia  Unda- 
rum,  trahebatur  ab 

Aquis  :  Cut          Siler 

ridcns,  Jnquit,  Vicina,  Cur 
deferis  Me  ?  Ub't  nunc 
eft  tua  Fortitude  ? 

MOR. 

Fabula  Indicat  Eos  effe 
fapientiores,  £>ul  ccdunt 
potentioribus,  quam  *j>ul 
volentes  rejiftere  fuperau- 
tur  turpitcr. 


becaufe  it  would  be  bent  at  every 
even  the  lighted  Force 
of  the  Waters  ;  but  She  extol- 
led  her  own  Stcadinefs  and 
StrengthTOz/A  magnificent  Words  ; 
becanfe  unfhook  Jhe.  had  bore 
the  daily  Attach  of  the  River 
many  Years.  But 

the  Elm  at  laft  being  broken 
by  the  very  great  Violence  of  the 
Waters,  was  drawn  along  by 
the  Waters  :  To  'which  the  Ofier 
laughing,  faid,  Neighbour,  Why 
doft  tiou  forfake  Me  ?  Where  now 
is  thy  Fortitude  ? 

MOR. 

The  Fable./fouY/^  Thofe  to  be 
more  wife,  /Wo  yield 
to  the  more  powerful, \hzn  They  Who 
.willing  to  rejift  are  over- 
come bafcly. 


FABLE     CXXVI. 


JDe    Cera    appetente 
Duritiem. 

CEra  ingemifcelat,  Se  effe 
moflem,  &  procreatam 
penetrabilem  cuicunquc  le- 
•viflimo  /5«;.  Autem  widens 
Lateres  faclos  ex  Luio, 
molliores  multo,  Se  perve- 
nifle  in  tantam  Duritiem 
Calore  Ignis,  ui  per- 
durarent  m»/ra  Secula,  jecit 
Se  /«  Ignem,  ut  confeque- 
retur  eandem  Duritiem  ;  fed 
ftatim  liquefaffa  in  Igne 
fft  confumpta. 


Of 


the    Wax     dejlring 
Haidnefs. 


THE  Wax  grieved,  \h*t  It  was 
foftt  and  ma</» 

penetrable    to  every     the  lighted 
Blow.  But 

the  Bricks  madt  of 
fofter  ^y  much,  that  they 
ram^  to  fo  great  Hardnefs 
by  the  Heat  of  the  Fire,  that  They 
laftcd  many  Ages,  //  f*/? 
itfelf  into  the  Fire,  /ta/  it  might 
obtain  the  fame  Hardnefs  ;  but 
prcfe  ntly  being  melted  in  the  Fire 
it  was  confumed.  MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       89 

MOR.  MOR. 


Hcec     Fabula     aditionet, 
ne         appetarxut,  Quod 

ejl  denegatum  Nob'ts  a  Na- 
turd. 


This            Fable  advifes, 

that      nut      dejire  not,       What 

is        denied       Us  .    by        Na- 
ture. 


FABLE     CXXVII. 


Agricola        affeSante     Of    the 

Milltiam, 
&f  Mercaturam. 


Hufbandman 

Warfare, 
and  Merchandife. 


offering 


QUidtmdgricola  fcrebat 
<sgre,  SeaJJidue  volvere 
Terr  am,  nee  fervenire  ad 
magnas  Divitias  fuis  per- 
p  etuis  Labor  thus  ;  cum  vt- 
deret  nonnullos  Milites,  Qui 
ita  auxerant  Rem 

Bello,  ut  incederent  bene 
induti,  £5"  nutriti  lautis 
Epulis  agercnt  beat  am 
Vitam.  Igitur  fuis  Ovibus 
venditis  cum  Capris  ac 
JBobus,  emit  Equos  & 
Arma,  &  profeSus  eft  in 
Militiam  ;  Ubi,  cum  effet 
pugnatum  male  a  fuo  /w- 
peratore,  non  folum  perdidit 
J^w<?  habebat,  y^i/  etiam 
recef'it  multa  Vulncra. 
C^uare,  Militia  dam- 
nata,  Jlaluit  .  exercere 
Mercaturam,  ut  in  Qua 
cxiftimabat  efie  mnjus 
Lucrum,  £5*  minorem 
JLaborem.  Igitur  Pradiis 
venditis,  cura  impleviflet 
Navim  '  Mercibus,  capcrat 
navigare  ;  fed,  cum  effet 
in 


A  Certain  Hujbandman  bore  it 
i//,  that  He  daily  ftirred  up 
the  Earth,  nor  arrived  to 
great  Riches  by  hit  per- 
petual Labours  ;  when  /fe 
faiu  fome  Soldiers,  Who 
/o  had  increafed  /7/j  ^?a/^ 
in  the  War,  that  They  .went  well 
clothed,  and  fed  with  fumpiuous 
Dainties  led  a  happy 
Life.  Therefore  his  Sheep 
being  fold  with  the  Goats  and 
0.««,  He  bought  Horfes  and 
Arms,  and  iwn/  into 
/£(?  ^far  ;  Where,  when  it  was 
fought  unfuccefsfully  by  his  Gi?- 
neral,  He  not  on/v  loft 
What  Things  He  had,  £a/  alfo 
received  many  Wounds, 

Wherefore,  War  being'  con- 
demned, He  refolded  to  exercife 
Merchandife,  as  in  what 
He  thought-  there  was  greater 
Gain,  <2«^  lefa 

Labour.  Therefore  his  Farms 
being  fold,  when  He  had  filled 
a  Ship  with  Wares,  /rV  had  begun 
to  fail  ;  but,  when  /&  cwv 


So       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


;n  Ahv,     magna    Tempejiate     iu    the    Deep,     a    great    Tempejl 
coorta,  Na-uis  fubmeifa  eil,     having   arofe,    the  Ship  was  funk, 


Ipft    cum     caeteris, 


H 


erant  :n   i£ 
ad  Unuru. 


Oniiizs    peiicre      were       in 
tu  One. 


It, 


the 


reft, 

perifhed 


MOR.  MOR. 

Haec     Fabula     admonet,  This             Fable            advifes, 

Qucmhbet    debere    cffe    con-  that  every   One    ought  to  be  con- 

tentum     fud      Sortc,       cum  tent    with    his    cwn    Lot,      whtn 

fa  parata  ubique.  Mifery  is  ready  every  where. 


FABLE     CXXVIII. 


De  ASINO  (ff  SCURRA.          Of  the   Ass  an</  the  JESTEI. 


A  Sin  us   ferens    indigne, 
quendam  Scurratn 

honorari  &  atniciri  pulchris 
Vtflibiu,  quia  edebat  magnos 
5o«oj  Ventris,  acajjit  ad 
MagiftratuS)  petens  «f  vel- 
Isnt  honorare  Se  minus, 
guam  Scurram  ;  Et  cum 
Magljlratus  admirantes 

interrcgarent,  cur  dutxret  Se 
it  a.  dignum  ffonore,  inquit, 
Quia  err.itto  majorts  Crepi- 
tus  Ventris,  quam  Scurra,  & 
e-js  abfque  Factors. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  arguit  Eost 
Qiii  profiindant  fuas  Pau- 
n,vf  in  leviffimis  Rebus. 


THE  Afs  Itarlng  it  unkindly, 
that  a  certain  Jtfter 
was  honoured  atkl  dot  bed  in  fair 
Garments,  becaufc  He  made  great 
Sounds  of  Belly,  wf«/  to 
the  Magijlrates,  dcliring  that  they 
would  not  honour  Him  lefs, 
than  the  Jefter  ;  Jtnd  when 
the  Ma«ijlral?s  admiring 

ajked,  why  He  thought  Himfelf 
fo  worthy  of  Honour,  He  faid, 
Becaufe  I  fend  out  greater  Noi- 
ksoj  Belly,  than  ^  J^r,  and 
thofe  without  Stink. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  reproves 
Who  lay  out  their 
R/a  in  the  lightejl  Things. 


Thofe, 


FABLE 


SfcLECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 


FABLE     CXXIX. 


jftt    Amhe    tdcejjente     fuutn 
Fontem   Conviciis. 

QUidam  Amnis  lacef- 
fcbat  fitum  Fo»  tern 
Conviciis,  ut  ir.ertcm,  quod 
Jtaret  immobilis,  nee  haberet 
alias  Pifces,  autem  com- 
mendabat  Se  plurimum, 
quod  crearet  optimos  Pifces, 
£9"  ferperet  per  Valles 
blando  Murmure. 

Fans  indignatus  in  Amnem, 
velut  ingratum,  reprejjlt 
Undas.  Tune  Amnis,  /r/- 
t>atus  Si  Pifcilus  & 
dulci  Sono,  evanuit. 

MdR. 

Haec  Fabula    notat  Eos, 

Q_ui         arrogant  bona, 

£>u<s             agiint,  Silt, 

(5*     non     attribuunt  Deo, 

a      £*uot       ceu       a  largo 

Fonte,  noftra  Bona  pro- 
cedunt. 


Of  the   River    provoking  his 
Spring  with  Reproaches. 

A     Certain       River        pro* 
voked          Aw          Spring 
wlthReproacheS)  &*JlugSlfi>i  becaufe 
j^/e  JlooJ    immoveable,    nor    had 
««y  Fifh,  but  com- 

mended Hlmfelf  very  much, 
lecanfe  he  bred  /ta  ^^/?  Fifhcs, 
an^/  'cfept  thro*  the  Vallies 
w//A  a  pleafant  Murmur. 
The  Spring  angry  at  the  River, 
<?.?  ungrateful,  kept  back 
the  Waters.  Then  the  River,  de- 
prived both  of  the  Fi/hes  and 
the  fweet  Sound,  vani/hed  away. 

MOR. 

This  /W^  marketh  Thofc, 
Who  ar*ogate  the  good  Things, 
W^iVA  They  do,  to  Themfelves, 
and  do  not  attribute  Them  toGodt 
from  Whom,  as  /row  a  large 
Fountain,  cur  ^doi  Things  -^iriS- 
cced. 


FABLE    CXXX. 


tnaligno  ^ 
Dtmtine. 


Of  the  wicked  JJ/an   and 


QUidam    malignus  Vir, 
<rw«          perpetravifTet 


A     Certain      wicked       Man, 

_  <zy^f«  He   had  committed 

p/urima    Scelcra,    to"  fzpius     many  Wicked  nefles,     and    often 

taptus,  &    eonclufus  Carcere,     ^«'«j  lakent    and  /&w/  in  Prifon, 

was  detained      very 

N 


clofel 


92      SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 


pervigili  Ctiftodia,  imflo- 
rabat  Auxilium  Damor.is, 
Qui  fftpewanero  a  fruit  ////', 
&  liberavit  Eum  e  multis 
Periculis.  Tandem  Dtmon 
apparuit  Ei  iterum  depre- 
kenfot  &  imploranti  folitum 
Auxilium,  habens  magnam 
Fafcem  Calcecrum  pertufo- 
rum  fuper  Humcros,  dicens, 
Amice,  tion  poffum  effe 
Auxilio  Tibi  amplius  ; 
etenira  peragravi  tot 
Loca  pro  liberando  Te, 
•ut  contriverim  omnes  ho» 
Ca/ceos,  &  <?/wf»  nulla  P^- 
cunia  fupcrcft  Mihi,  Qu^a 
valeam  compararc  olios  ; 
qua  re  per  ills* 

MOR, 

Hxc  Fabula  admonet, 
ne  cxiftime-mus  noflra 
Peccata  fore  fcropcr  impu- 
nlta. 


•with  a  •watchful  Guard,  im- 
plored the  Help  of  the  Devil, 
Who  oftentimes  was  la'nh  Himt 
and  freed  Him  out  of  many 
Dangers.  At  length  the  Devil 
appeared  to  Him  again  ta- 
ken ,  and  imp/or  ing  the  ufual 
Help,  having  a  great 

Bundle  of  Shoes  worn 
out  vfon  his  Shoulders,  faying* 
Friend,  /  am  not  able  to  be 
a  Help  to  Thee  longer  ; 
for  I  have  travelled  thro*  fo  many 
Places  for  freeing  Thee, 
that  I  have  worn  out  all  thefe 
Shoes,  and  moreover  no  Mo- 
ney remains  to  Me,  with  Which 
/  may  be  able  to  get  others  / 
wherefore  thou  fault  ptri/&. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  advifes, 

that  <we  faould  not  think  our 
Sins  will  be  always  unpunifo- 
ed. 


FABLE    CXXXI. 


De         Avibus         volentilus 
cligere  plures  Reges. 

AVes      cor.fultabant      de 
eligendis  pluribus 

Regibus,  cum  Aquila  fola 
nan  ~  pojfet  regere  tantos 
Greges  Volucmm^  &  fe- 
ci/ent  fatls  Voto,  nifi 
deftitiffent  a  Conjilio 

Mouitu       Cornicis,       Q[uae, 
(um     Caufa     interrogabatur, 
cur 


the  Birds    i««^  "Mining 
to  choofe  mor*  Kings. 

E  Birds  cenfulted  about 
X  choefing  more 

^Tm^j,  feeing  that  /^  Eagle  alone 
cyflj  «o/  fli/^  to  rule  fo  great 
Flocks  of  Birds,  and  T^j  £a£/ 
done  enough  to  their  Wifo,  unlefs 
They  had  defijled  from  the  Counfel 
by  the  Advice  of  the  Crow,  Who, 

the  Caufc  was  afted, 
why 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP.        93 

cur      non      duceret      plures  wlty     She    did    not     think      mere 

Regej       e'igendos,      inquit,  Kings    tvere   to    be    chofen,    faid, 

quia     mult't    Sacci    impler.tur  becaufe     many     Bags     are    Jilttd 

difficilius,  quam  unus.  more  difficultly,  than  one. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Hxc    Fabula    docet    e/e         This    Fable    teaches    it    to    be 

longe    melius     gubernari    ab  by    far  better   to   be  governed  by 

Uno,   quam    a    taultu    Prin-  One,     than       by       many      Prin- 

cipibas.  ces. 


FABLE     CXXXII. 


De  Mulicre, 
Se  velle 
fuo  ^itVo. 


<j>ua  dicebat, 
mori       fro 


Q  Used  am  Matrona,  ad- 
m  o  d  u  m  pudlca  & 
amar.tljjtma  Viri,  ferebat 
aegre,  Maritum  detine- 
ri  ad-verfa  Valetudinc  :  la- 
mcntabatur,  ingemifcebat, 
£5*,  ut  te/laretur  fuutn 
jfmoran  in  Virnm^  rogabat 
Mortem,  ut,  ^  efltt  tr^- 
/wra  Maritum  5/^/, 

potius  vellet  occidere  Se, 
quam  Ilium.  Inter  &fff 
Verba,  wr«»V  Mortem  veni- 
entem  horribili  Afpcclu> 
Timore  Cujus  preter- 
rita,  &  jam  pcenitens  fui 
J-'otl,  inquit,  Ego  non  fum, 
Quern  petis  ;  jacet  in 
L,e8o,  QjJ_em  venlfti 

occiiura. 


the  Woman,  Who  faid, 
that  She  waj  willing  to  die  for 
her  Hujband. 


Mat 


A  Certain  Matron,  ve- 
ry chajle  and 
mojl  loving  of  her  Hufband,  lore  it 
ill,  that  the  Hujband  was  kept 
down  by  bad  Health  :  She  la- 
mented, She  grieved, 
and,  that  She  might  tejlify  Her 
Love  to  her  Hit/band,  She  a/Iced 
Death,  that,  if  He  was 
f natch  her  Hufband  /row 
He  rather  would  kill 
than  ,#/tfz.  Among 
Words,  She  beholds  Death  com- 
ing with  a  horrible  slfpefl, 
with  the  Fear  c/"  Whom  being  af- 
frighted, andnow  repenting  of  Her 
Vow,  She  faid,  /  am  not  He, 
Whom  Thou  feekeft  ;  He  lies  in 
the  Bed,  Whom  thou  comtjl 
about  to  kill. 


thefe 


MOR. 


94      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP, 


MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,   Ke- 
nem    eflc     adeo     amantem 


simici,        Qui       non 
efle     bent  bibi, 
teri. 


MOR. 

This     Fable     (hows,    that     nt 
One  is  fo  loving 


malit     of  a  Friend,   Who  had   not  rather 
Al-     ic   was  ivell  to   Him,   /tan  Ano- 
ther. 


FABLE     CXXXIII. 


Dt   Adolefccnte    canentc   in     Cf  the  *  young    Man  Jmging    at 
Funcre  Matris.  tie  Funeral  of  his  Mother. 


QUidam    Vir  profeque- 
batur  defunffam 

Uxorem,  Qut  tffcrt  ba- 
tur ad  Sepulchrum 
Lachrymis  &  FUtibus  ;  veto 
ftus  Filius  canebat,  Q<ii, 
cum  Incrcparetur  a  Pa- 
trc,  ut  amens,  Qui  can- 
tarec  in  Funere  Mntris, 
cum  deberet  eflc  majlus,  & 
una  Secum,  inquit, 
Pater,  Ji  conduxiili 
Sacerdotety  ut  canerent,  cur 
irajcerti  Mihi  concintnti 
gratis  ?  Cut  Pater 
inquit,  Tuum  Officium,  & 
Sacerdotum  non  ell  idem. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  Indicat, 
Qmnia  non  efle  decora  Om- 
nibus. 


A  Certain  Afan  follow- 
ed )&/j  ^a</ 
Wife,  0tt«  was 
borne  /o  the  Grave 
^/V^  Tears  and  Weepings  ;  but 
^/J  Son  /««?»  Who, 
•a;^n  he  was  blamed  by  the  Fa- 
ther, as  mad,  //''/iff  could 
fing  at  the  Burial  o/a  Mother, 
when  /&£  oz/fA/  to  be  faa,  and 
/o  cw^  together  tu'itb  Him,  faid, 
Afy  Father,  if  You  have  hired 
Prit/ls,  that  /|?y  m;^A/  ^w^,  why 
are  you  angry  with  Me  Jinging 
gratis  ?  7"o  -a'Aom  the  Father 
faid,  Thy  O^t  and 
that  of  the  Priefls  is  not  the  fame. 


MOR. 


This 
«// 
Men. 


fliows,      that 
are  not  decent  for  AH 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       95 
FABLE     CXXXIV. 


De  relotypo  Vtro,  Q^ui  dede- 
rat  Uxorem  cuftodiendain. 

ZElotypus  Vlr  dederat 
Uxorem,  Oil  am  com- 
pererat  vivere  fat-urn  pudi- 
ce,  cuidam  Amico,  Cut 
fideret  plurimum,  cuflodi- 
endam,  pollicitus  ingentem 
Pecuniam,  fi  obfervaret  Earn 
ita  diligenter,  ut  nullo 
Modo  violaret  conjuga- 
iem  Copulam.  At  Ille,  ubi 
«xpertu&  effct  hane 

Cuftodiam  nlmis  difficilern 
aliquot  Dies,  fcf  comperifltt 
fuum  Ingenium  vinci  Vei- 
futiS  Mullens t  accedeus  ad 
Maritum,  dixit ,  Se 

nolle  g  ere  re  hanc  tarn 
duram  Provinciatn  amplius  ; 
quandoquidem  ne  Argus 
auidemy  Qjii  Jttit  tot  us 
cculatuf,  poIFet  cujlodire  Jm- 
pudicarn  Mitlierem  :  Ad- 
didit  preterecii  fi^neccfle, 
St  malle  dtferre 

Saccum  plenum  Pulicibus  in 
Pratum  quotidie  integro 
AnnO)  &,  Sacco  foluto, 
fafcere  Eos  inter  Kcrbai, 
$5*  Vefpcre  rec/u- 

cere  omnes  Domtim,  quam 
fervare  impudicam  Mttlie- 
rcm  uno  Die. 

MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  indicat,  nuUot 

Cuftodes  tjjs    lU    diligentcs, 

Qui 


Of  the    jealous  Mant   Who  had 
glvm  his  Wife  to  be  guarded. 

A  Jealous  Man  had  given 
his  Wife,  Whom  He  bad 

found  to  live  but  a  little  chafte- 
ly,  to  a  certain  Friend,  to  Whotit 
He  could  trufl  very  muck,  to  be 
guarded,  having  promifed  much 
Money,  if  He  could  obferve  Her 

fo  diligently,  that  by  no 
Method  She  might  violate  the  con* 

jngal  Tie.  But  He,  when 
He  had  experienced  tbit 
Charge  too  difficult 

fome  Days,  and  had  found 
his  Wit  to  be  overcome  by  theCun« 
ning  of  the  Woman,  going  to 
the  Hnfband,  faid,  that  He 
•was  unwilling  to  bear  this  fo 
hard  a  Province  longer  ; 
feeing  that  not  Argu* 
indeed,  Who  was  all 

eyed,  could  be  able  to  keep  an  un- 
chafte  Woman  :  He  add- 
ed  moreover,  if  it  <was  neceflary, 
that  He  had  rather  carry  down 
a  Sack  full  of  Fleas  into 
a  Meadow  </a:'/y  for  a  whole 
Tear,  and,  the  Sack  being  loofed, 
/o  feed  Them  among  the  Grafs, 
and  in  the  Evening  /</  bring  them 
back  all  Home,  than 

/o  /?<rf/>  an  unchafle  Wo' 
man  one  Z)s. 


This 
Guards 


MOR. 

Fable    fliowg, 
are         fo 


that    no 

diligent, 

Who 


96   S-ELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP. 

Qui        valiant        cuftodire     Who     can     be     able     to      keep 
impudicat  Mulicres.  vnchajie  Women. 


FABLE     CXXXV. 


Be  Viro  recufantc  Cly- 
ftcres. 

QUidam  fir,  Germanus 
^»-  Natione,  ad  m  od  u  m  Jives, 
zgrotabat  ;  ad  curand'im 
Quern  plures  Medici 
acccfferunt,  (etemm  Mufcae 
convolant  catervatim  ad 
Mel)  Unas  Quorum  dicelat 
inter  Cater  a,  efie 

Opus  Clyfteribus,  ft  vcl- 
let  convalefcere  ;  Quod 
cum  Vir  audirtt,  in  fact  us 
Medicina  hujufmodi,  per- 
cilus  Furore,  jubet 

Medicos  ejic'i 

Domo,  dicenst  Eos 

effe  infamos,  Quit  cum 
Caput  doltret,  vellent 
mcderi  Podicem- 


Of  the   Man     refining    Cly- 
flcrs. 

A    Certain  Man,    a  German 
by     Nation,      very     rich, 
was  fick  ;  to  cure 

Whom  many  Phyjicians 

came,  (for         the          Flies 

Jly  in  Heaps  to 

the  Honey)  Or.:  of  Whom  fald, 
among  otherTbings,  that  there  was 
Need  of  Clyftcrs,  if  He  was 
willing  to  grotu  well ;  Which 
•when  the  Man  heard,  ur.ufed 
to  a  Medicine  of  this  Kind,  mo- 
ved with  Anger,  He  command: 
the  Phyficians  to  be  e#ft  out 
of  the  Houfe,  faying,  that  They 
•were  mad,  Who,  when 
the  Head  grieved,  tuert  •willing 
to  cure  the  £reech. 


MOR. 

Hsec  Falula  indicat, 
Gmnia,  qua m vis  falutaria, 
vidcri  fs"  afpera  Of  obfu- 
tura  infuetis  &  inexper- 
tif. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  (hows, 

that  all  Things,  alt  ho*  healthful, 
feem  both  rough  and  hurt- 
ful to  the  unaccvftomed  and  inex~ 
perienced. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  MSOP.   97 
FABLE  CXXXVI. 


De     Afino      tegrotante,      & 
Lupis  vifitantibus  Eum. 

A  Sinus  agrotabat,  & 
Fama  exiverat,  Eum 
moriturum  cito  ;  Igitur, 
cum  Lupi  venffitit  ad 
vijendum  Eum,  £ff  peterent 
a  Filio,  guomoffo  ejus  Pater 
valcret,  Ille  rtfpondit  per 
Rimulam  Ojlii,  melius, 
an  am  vellttis. 

MOR. 
Hacc       Fabula      Indicat, 


Of  the  Afs  being  Jtck,    and 
the  Wolvts  vifiting  Him* 

TH  E     Afs    -was  fid,  and 
Fame  had  gone  out,  that  He 
would    die    quickly  ;     Therefore, 
•when    the    Wolves  had    come   to 
fee  Him,  and          afked 

of  the  Son,  how  hia  Father 
did,  He  anfwered  thro* 
the  Chink  of  the  Door,  better, 
than  Ye  would  have  Him. 

MOR. 


This  Fable  fhowd, 

rbear 
Others       with 

Moleftia,    £hios  tamen  cupi-     Trouble,     Whom    yet    They    de* 
•unt  interire  celeriter.  fire  to  perifh  quietly. 


quod     Multi    fngunt     ferre     that      Many      feign       to 

of 


FABLE  CXXXVII. 


De    Nuce,     Slj 
Mature. 


Q 


Uaedam  Mutter  inter- 


tem  Viam  fccus,  C^ijse  im- 
petebatur  Saxis  a  Populo 
prastereunte,  quare  eflet 
it  a  amens,  ut  quo  r*^- 
retur  pluribus  £ff  majoribus 
Verberibust  eo  procrearei 
plures  £3"  praeftantiores 
Frufius  ?  Cui  »nywj/, 
Efne  immemnr  Proverbii 
die  en  - 


Of   the    Nut-tree,    the  4fs,  and 
the  Woman. 


A  Certain  Woman  a/k- 
*^^  ed  a  Nut-tree,  grow, 
ing^y  fAr^sy-5u/f»Which  waslea- 
ten  with  Stones  ^y  the  People 
pafling  by,  w/^y  It  was 
fo  mad,  /^/  by  how  much  //  was 
beaten  with  more  and  greater 
Stripes,  by  fo  much  /'/  yielded 
more  and  better 

Fruits  ?      To     whom     it     faidt 
A.U  thou  unmindful  of  the  Proverbs 


$8       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESO?. 


Jicsntlt    ita,    Nux,   Afinus,    faying  thus,"  4  Nut-treet   an   Af«, 
Mulier,      /««/      ligati     W     a     Woman,      <7rr       bound 
#*<:       tria     Jy    a    like    Law.       73^    three 
do    Nothing    rightly,     if 
ceafe. 


ccflant. 


Lege. 

Nil  reSet  fi  Verbera 


Mo*. 


MOR. 

Haec      /*£«/*      indfcat,         This  Fable  ffiow». 

Homines    faepe    /0/<?rf     con-     /£<z/    JI/«i    often     are    wont     to 
fodere  Se  propriig     wound  Themjelvts  with  their  own 

Darts. 


FABLE     CXXXVIII. 


De  Afino,    non    invcnierite 
Fintm  Laborum. 

A  Sinus  angelcitur  plurf- 
*  mum  hyberno  tcmporc, 
quod  afficerctur  nimio 
Frigore,  &  haberet  durum 
Viclum  Pakarum  ;  quare 
optabat  vernam  Tern  per iemt 
&  teneras  Herb  as.  Sed 
cum  Ver  adveniflet,  &? 
cogeretur  a  Domino, 
Qui  crat  Figulus,  defcrre 
drgillam  in  Aream,  & 
Lignum  ad  Fornacem,  & 
inds  Latcres  &  Tegulas  ad 
di?erfa  Loca  ;  pertsefus 
Vent)  in  Quo  tolcrabat 
tot  Labores,  fperabat 
^Eftatem,  ut  Dominiis 
\mpeditus  Mcffc 

fateretur  Enm  quiefcere  ;  Scd 
tune  quoque,  cum  compel- 
leretur  ferre  MefTes  in 
A  ream,  &  inde  Triticum 
Domum,  nee  cflet  Locus 
Qui- 


Of    the    Afs,     not    finding 
an  End  of  his  Labours. 

THE    Afs  tuas  grieved  very 
much     in     winter     Time, 
that  He  was  affe&ed  with  too  much 
Cold,  and  had          hard 

Meat  of  Chaff";  wherefore 
He  defircd  the  Spring  Seafont 
and  th'e  tender  Grafs.  But 
when  Spring  came,  o«*/ 
He  was  compelled  ly  the  Matter, 
/Wo  was  a  Potter,  to  carry 
Clay  into  Ak  Tan/,  and 
Wood  to  //if  Furnace •,  and 
thence  Bricks  an</  Tilci  /o 
diverfe  P/flf«  ;  tired 

of  the  Spring,  in  Which  He  bore 
yb  many  Labours,  /^  hoped  for 
Summer,  /^a/  the  Mafter 
being  hindered  by  the  Harveft 
•would  fuffer  Him  fo  r^  /  But 
then  alfo,  W>fn  He  was  com- 
pelled  to  bear  the  Corn  into 
the  Barn,  and  thence  the  Wheat 
Home,  nor  was  there  «S^a« 
for 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.       99 

Qnieti  Sibt  ;  fait  em  fperabat 
Aqtumnum  fore  Finem 
Laborum  :  Sed,  cum  ne 
tune  quoque  cerneret  Finem 
Malorum,  cum  quotidif 
Vinum,  Poma,  &  Lignum 
eflent  portanda,  rurfus 
efflagitabat  Niyem  fc? 

Glaciem  Hyemis,  ut  tune 
faltem  aliqua  Requies  con- 
cederetur  Sibi  a  tantis 
Laborious. 

MOR. 

Hsec       Fabula      indicat, 
ejje  nulla    Tempora    prsefen- 
Quac  non  funt  fub- 


jefta 


ls  Laboribus. 


for  Reft,  for  Him  ;  at  lea  ft  He 
that  Autumn  -would  be  the  End 
o/*/&;V  Labours  :  But,  -a>£en  not 
/^fl  alfo  He  perceived  an  End 
of  Evlhy  feeing  that  .daily 
Wine,  Apples  t  and  7^boJ 
were  to  be  carried,  again 
He  longed  for  the  Snow  and 
Ice  of  Winter,  that  //JOT 
at  lead  fame  keft  m/^/J/  be 
granted  to  Him  /row  fo  great 
Labours. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fhows,' 

/^fl/  M^r«  «r^  no  Times  of  the  pre- 
fent  Life,  Which  are  not  fub- 
jeft  /o  perpetual  Labours. 


FABLE     CXXXIX. 


M 


ANY        Mice, 

ing       in       the     Hollow 
a     '       Wall,  efpied 

Cat,         Who         /<7y          oa 
boarded  Floor,    with  her  Head 


t)e  Mure,  Qui  volebat  Of  the  Moufe,  Who  was  willing 
contrabere  Amicitiam  cum  to  contract  a  Friendfhip  'with 
Fele.  the  Cat. 

GOmpIures  Mures,  com- 
morantes      in      Cavo 
Parietis,       contemplabantur 
Felem,     Qtjje   incumbebat    in 
Tabulate,  Capite 

dcmtjffa,  &  /''£/?'  Vnltn. 
T«nc  Unas  ex  lis  /'nyu/V,  Hoc 
JJniniat  videtur  admodum 
benignum,  Cff  mite  ; 
ttenim  prasfert  quandam 
SantTimomam  ipfo  Fultu ; 
volb  alloqui  Tpfam, 

fe1  n  eft  ere  ind'iffolulilem 
Amicitiam  cum  Ea  ;  ^?/<* 
cum  dix'tffety  &  acccjpf. 


Then  One    c/    them    [aid, 
Animal  feems  i;<fry 

kind  and  mild  ; 

/or  She  fhows  a  certain 
San8ity  in  Her  very  Countenance  ; 
I  am  willing  to  fpeak  to  Her, 
and  to  knit  «/i  indffifublc 
Friendmip  TO/'/^Her;  Which  Things 
when  He  had  f  aid,  and  &?</  <a/)- 
prcached 

o 


ioo      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

/ft  propius,      erat      captus,  proachcd   nearer,    He   was  taken, 

&     dilaceratus      a       Feie.  and  torn    to    Pieces  by   the   Cat. 

Tune  Cseteri,   v'ukntes  Hoc,  Then      the      Rdl,     feting      This, 

aicbant        Secum,        profcfio  /aid       with      Themftlves,       truly 

non    eft    addendum    temere  It     is    not    to    be   trufttd    rafhly 

Vvltiti.  to  the  Countenance. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Haec_      Faltita        ionuit,  This              Fable               hints, 

Jionatus   hon   c(Te    ludicutidoi  llat    Men    are   not   /o    &•    judged 

c    I^u/iti,    fed  £.v   Opetibus  ;  by  i/jeCounUnance,  but  ij  Works  ; 

riw       atrocrs      Z,v/z       farpe  Jeiing    that     fierce     Wolves    often 

dditcfcant  fub  ot/W  Pcile.  /«  y?-:W  under  a  S/;fc]>'s  Skin. 


FABLE    CXL. 


Z)^  Afino,    ^z/i  fervicbat 
ingfato   Hero. 

A  Sinus,  ^ul  ferviveiat 
ingraio  Htro  multos 
Annos  inoffenfo  Pcde, 
yj-wf/,  lit  Jit i  dum  ^ 
preffus  gravl  Sarcina,  & 
incedcret  falebrofd  Via, 
recidebat  fub  Otic  re.  Turn 
impiacabius  Do  minus  <rom- 
pellebat  Euro  furgere  mull  is 


J^erletibut. 


nuncupans 


)gnai)um  &  pigrum  Animal. 
^/  mifcr  s4Jinus  dicebat 
Secum,  inter  /i<ft  Verbera, 
Infelix  Ego,  J^K/  fortittis  fum 
tarn  ingratum  Herum  !  Nam 
quamvis  ferviverim  Ei  multo 
Tcmpore  fine  QJfenfd,  tamen 
ion  compenfat  hoc  on«w 
Deliftum  m«>  tot  priflinit 
Beneficiis. 


Of  the  Afs,    Wko   fcrved 
c«  ungrateful  Mafter. 

THE  Afs,  ff^ohad  ferved 
0/7  ungrateful  Mafter  many 
Years  wi/A  an  ir.offenfive  Foot, 
cnce,  as  it  happens,  whilfl  //f  <a/^J 
prefled  with  a  heavy  Load,  ar.d 
went  in  an  uneven  Way, 
fell  under  the  Burden.  Then 
the  implacable  Mafter  com~ 
pe! led  Him  to  rife  with  many 
Blows,  calling  Him 

on  idle  and  dull  Animal. 
But  the  miferable  4fs  faid 
io//A  Himfclf)  among  thefe  Stripes, 
Unhappy  I,  WAo  have  got 
yo  ungrateful  a  Majler  !  For 
altho*  I  have  fcrved  ///m  a  long 
Time  without  Offence,  yet 
He  dots  not  tLtigh  this  one 
Fault  «///.o  mj»  fo  many 
Benefits. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.      101 

MOR.  MOR. 

Hzc  Fabula  confifta    eft  This      Fable      was       feigned 

sn      Eos,     S>ui     immemores  againjl    Thofc,     Who     unmindful 

Benefciorum            collatorum  of              Benefits                conferred 

Sibit      profequuntur      etlam  on     Themfelves ,     profccute.    focn 

minimam    0/enfam    fui    Be-  the     lead    Offence    of    their     £e~ 

nefafloris       in       Se       atroci  nefacior    on    Him    with    a     cruel 

Pxna.  Punsjkmtnt. 


FABLE     CXLI. 


De  Lupo,  fitadcnte  Hif- 
trici,  ut  deponeret 
fun  Tela. 

LUpus  efuriens  in  ten - 
derat  Minimum  in  Hij- 
tricem,  Q^iam  (amen  ;;on  au- 
debat  invaiien,  qviii  erat 
munita  unJique  Sag'ULis. 
Autem  Ajlutid  excogitata 
ptrdtndi  Earn,  ceeplt  fua- 
dcre  ////',  ne  porta- 
ret  tantum  Onus  Teloritm 
Tergo  Temfore  Pacis, 
quandoq-j'idcm  Sagitcarii  non 
bortartiit  Alicj'.iid,  nijl  cum 
"Temfui  Prxlii  iri/laret  ; 
Cui  Hijlrlx  inquit, 

Eft  credendum  fempsr  efTe 
TTempus  pvxliandi  adverfus 
Lupum. 


MOR. 

Haze        Falula 
fapientem       Virum 
fempcr      ,   ejfi 
adverfus      Fraudes 
rumt  &  HcjYtuK. 


innuit, 

oportere 

m  u  n  i  t  u  m 

Inimico- 


0/"the  Wnlf,  perfuading  the  Por- 
cupine,/^ She  would  lay  down 
kcr  Darls. 

TH  E  Wolf  /junserinjr  had 
bent  bis  Mind  \\pon  the  Por- 
cupine, Which  nevertbeleft  He  dar- 
ed not  to  attack,  becaufe  She  <was 
fortified  every  inhere  with  Daits>. 
But  a  cunning  being  thought  on 
of  dejlroying  Her,  He  began  to  per- 
fuade  Her,  that  She  would  not 
carry  fa  great  a  Burden  of  Darts 
on  her  Back  in  a  Time  of  Peace, 
feeing  that  the  Archers  did  not 
carry  any  Thing,  unlefs  when 
the  Time  of  Battle  approached  : 
To  whom  tike  Porcupine  faid, 
//  is  to  be  believed  always  to  be 
a  Time  of  fighting-  asain/i 
a  Wolf. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  hints, 

that  a  wife  Man  ought 
always  to  be  fortified 
aga'iiift  Deceits  of  Ene- 
miest  and  Foes. 

FABLE 


102       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP-. 
FABLE     CXLII.' 


De  MURE  libcrantc 
MILVUM. 

MU  S,  confpicatus 

Milvum  implicitum 
Laqueo  Aucup'ts,  mifertus  eft 
jfvis,  quamvis  Intm'icx  Sibi  ; 
Vinculifque  abrofis 

Dentibus,  fecit  Viam 
Sibi  evolandi.  Mil  v  us, 
immemor  tanti  Beneficil, 
ubi  vldlt  Se  folutum, 
corripiens  Murem  fufpican- 
tem  Nil  tale,  lacerqint 
Unguibus,  &  Roftro. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat, 
malignos  Viros  folere  repen- 
dere  Gr -alias  hujus  Modi 
fills  Belief aftorlbus. 


Of  the  MOUSE    freeing 
the  KITE. 

THE     Moufe,    having    cjpted 
the          Kite  entangled 

in  the  Snare  of  the  Fowler,  pitied 
the  Bird,  ahho'  an  Enemy  to  Her  ; 
and  the  Bands  being  gnawed 
•with  her  Teeth t  She  made  a  Way 
for  Her  offying  out.  The  Kite, 
unmindful  of  fo  great  Benefoy 
when  He  faiv  Himfelf  loofedt 
feizing  the  Moufe  fufpeft- 
ing  no  fuch  Thing,  tore  Her 
with  her  Claws,  and  Bill. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows, 

that  wicked  Men  are  wont  to  re- 
pay Thanks  of  this  Kind 
to  their  BenefaSors. 


FABLE     CXLIII. 

De  Cochlea  petente  a   Ja<oet     Of  the  Snail  dejr'mg    of  Jupiter % 
ut  poffet  ferre          that  She   might   be  able  to  bear 

foam  Domura  Secum.  Her  Houfe  with  Her. 


CU  M    Jupiter,   ab  Ex- 
ordio  Mundi, 

dargiretur  fingulis  Anima- 
libus  Munera,  Qu<t  peti- 
iffcnt,  Cochlea  petiit 
,33  Eo,  tit  poffet 
circumferre  fuam  Domum. 
Interrogata  a  Jove,  ywar^ 
expofceret  tale  Munus  ab 
Eo, 


WHEN  Jupiter, from  the  Be- 
ginning    of    the  World, 
bejlowed          on          all  Ani- 

mals the  Gifts,  Which  They 
had  defired,  fta  Snail  defircd 
of.  Him,  ^fl/  She  might  be  able 
to  bear  about  her  Houfe. 
Being  afked  by  Jupiter,  why 
She  demanded  fuch  a  Gift  /r/w» 
Him, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       103 

Eo,     Quod    futurum     erat  Him,         Which         would         bye 

grave,   '  &      molejlum       illi,  heavy,    and     troublefome    to   He.r^ 

inquit,       malo      ferre      tarn  She  faid,    I    had    rather  bear  fo 

grave   Onus  perptfuo,  quam  heavy   a    Burden  perpetually,  than 

now     pofle     vitare      malum  fco/    to    be  able    to   avoid  a   bad 

Picinum,  cum  -W&W  libuerit.  Neighbour t  when  /lilt. 


MOR. 

Haec      Fabula 
Vicinitatetn 
fugiendam       omni 
mo  do. 


indicat,          This 


MOR, 
Fable 


fhows, 


Malorum     t/xit  tb&  Neighbourhood^  bad  M«R 
Incorn-     is  to  be   avoided  with  every  Dif~ 
advantage. 


FABLE     CXLIV. 


Z)t   Herinaceo    ejiciente 
Vipcram  Hojpitem. 

HErinaceus.,  pr<efentiens 
Hyemem  adveniare, 
rogavit  Viper  am,  ut  eonce* 
dcret  Locum  Sibi  in  fua 
Cavern  a  adverfus  Vim 
Frigoris  ;  Quod  cum  Ilia 
fectffet,  Herinaceus,  pervol- 
•ucns  Se  hue  atque  illuc, 
pungebat  Viperam  Acu- 
mine  Spinarum,  &  torqitebat 
vehement er  ;  Ilia  videns  Se 
male  trafiatam  quando 
fnfcepit  Herinaceum  Hofpi- 
tio,  orabat  Eum  blandis 
Verbid,  ut  exiret, 

cum  Locus  effet  nimis 
anguflus  duobus.  Cui 

Herinaceus  inquit,  Ex- 
eat, Qui  nequit  manerc 
hie  ;  quare  Vipera  fen- 


efTe 


Locum 
Sibi 


Of  the    Hedge -Hog     cajling  out 
the   Viper  her    Hojl. 

THE  H«dge- Hog,  perceiving 
the  Winter  to  approach, 
alked  the  Viper,  that  She  would 
grant  a  Place  to  Him  in  her 
Cavern  againjl  the  Extremity 
of  the  Cold ;  Which  when  She 
had  done,  the  Hedge- Hog,  roll- 
ing Himfelf  hither  and  t  hither  t 
pricked  the  Viper  with  the  Sharp, 
ncfs  of  his  Darts,  and  tormented  Her 
vehemently  ;  She  feeing  Herfilj 
ill  treated  ivher< 

She  took  the  Hedge-Hog  Gueft- 
wife,  entreated  Him  with  fair 
Words,  that  He  would  go  out, 
feeing  that  the  Place  was  too 
narrow  for  both.  To  whom 
the  Hedge- Hog  yi/W,  Let  Him 
go  out,  Who  cannot  abide 
here  ;  wherefore  the  Viper  per* 
ceiving,  there  was  not  a  Place 
for 


104      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


Sibi       tit,          ctffit       iltine 
ex  Hofpitio. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Falula  indicat,  Eos 
non  efle  admittendos  in  Con- 
fortium,  Q^i  poffunt  ejicere 
Nos. 


for    Her  there,    departed    thence 
out  of  her  Lodging. 

Mo*. 

This  Fable  ftiows,  that  'They 
are  not  to  be  admitted  into  Pel' 
loiuflj'ip,  Who  are.  able  to  caft  out 
Us. 


FABLE     CXLV. 


quodam 

Poetd. 


QUJdam  Avnciia   acce- 
dens  o£/  Poetam,  ca/uj 
Agros    coiebat,     cum     o^n- 


interrogabat  Eum,  quo 
Pa8o  poffct  v'tvere  \\.z  fofas  ? 
Cui  ///f  inquil,  Tanturr. 
coepi  ^  folus, 
adveniiU  /&«<r, 

MOR. 


Hasc       Fabula 
erudites  Viros, 
nue         Jlipantur 


fndicat, 

»    conti- 

Turba 


z   &          C/"  a    certain   Hujbandman  and 


A    Certain   Hvjlandman  com- 
ing    fo     a     Puct,    -K/Ac/r 
Fields  He  ploughed,    when  ^?  had 
found  Him  a/en;  among  his  Books^ 
afkcd          ^;m,  by          what 

Means  He  was  able  to  live  fo  alene? 
To  whom  //V  faid,  /  <?/:/) 
began  to  be  alone,  Jwcs 
You  came  hither. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliovrs, 

Mfl/  learned  Men,  /^o  conti- 
nually a«  thronged  with  a  Crowd 


dod'iffitnorum  Virorutn,      o/"       /^        moft      learned 

tune  tfle  y^/oj,     cum   juerint     then    are    alone,     vhen     /, 
inter  illiteratos  Homines.  amongft  illiterate  Fellows. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CXLVI. 


105 


De     Lupo, 
Ovis, 
Gregcm. 


induto      Ptlle 
i       devorabat 


LUpus,       inctutus      Pelle 
Ovis,      immifcuit     Se 
Grtgi  Ovium,  & 

quotidie  occidebat  Aliquam 
ex  £is  :  Q^tod  cum  Pa- 
ftor  animad'utrtiffet,  fufpen- 
dit  Ilium  in  alt't/Jinid 
Arborc.  Autem  caeteria 
Pafloribns  interrogantibus, 
cur  fufpendiflct  Ovcm, 
aiebat,  Quiffem  Pellis  ejl 
Ovis,  ut  videtis  ;  avtem 
Opera  erant  Lupi. 

MOR. 

Haec  Falula  indi'cat, 
Homines  non  efTe  judican- 
dis  ex  Habittt,  ltd  ex 
Operibus  ;  quoniam  Muhi 
faciunt  Lupina  Opera  fub 
ls  Ovium. 


0/the  Wolf,  clotted  with  the  Skin 
of  the  Sheep,  Who  devoured 
the  Flock. 

A   Wolf,  */«/£«/  with  the  Skin 
of  a  Sheep,    mixed  Himfelf 
with    a      Flock    of   Sheep,     and 
//«//y  flew  fame  One 

of  TAfTO  .•  Which  when  the  Shep- 
herd had  olferved,  He  hang- 
ed Him  on  a  very  hi^h 
Tree.  But  the  o-hcr 

Shepherds  a  fk  i  n  g, 

why  He  had  hung  /&?  Sheep, 
He  faid,  /B</«//  the  Skin  is 
a  Sheep's,  «j  you  fee  ;  but 
the  Works  were  a  Wolf's. 


MOR. 


This 


but 


fhow», 
judg- 


Fable 

//  ATf«  are  not 
ed  by  #a3/V, 
Works  ;  becaufe  Many 

efo       Wolves'       Works        under 
the  Clothings  of  Sheep. 


FABLE     CXLVII. 

Dt    CANE    occidente    OVES     O/*  the  DOG    killing   the  SHEE? 
yb/  Domini.  of  his  Mafter. 


Uidam  Paflor  dederat 
fuas  Ovt-s  Cant  culto- 
diendas,  pafcens  Ilium 
optimis  CiKs.  At  Ille  f<epc 
occidebat  aliquant  Ovem  ; 
cum  Pajlor  animad- 
vrrtiffct, 


A   Certain  Shepherd  had  given.. 
/$«  Sheep  /o  his  Dog  to  be 
kept,  feeding  Him 

wfV:>  /^<r  3^  Meats.  But  He  o/te« 
killed  fame  one  Sheep  ; 
Which  when  the.  Shepherd  had  ob- 


106      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


vertiflVt,  capiens  Canero, 
volebdt  occidcre  Eum. 
Cui  Canis  inquit,  iQnare 
cupis  perdert  Me  ? 

Sum  unus  ex  tuis  domffticis  ; 
potius  interfice  Lupum,  Qui 
Continue  infld'tattlr  tuo 
Ovili.  I  mo,  inqitit  Pa- 
ftor,  Put'j  Te  magls  dignlim 
fiTorte,c(yi\n\I*upum:  Etcnitn 
Jlle  proficetur  Se  me»m 
Hoftem  pal  am  ;  wrS  Tu,fbl> 
Specie  Amicitis,  quotidie 
imfn'muis  meum  Grtgem. 

MOR. 

Hzc  Falula  fndi'cat,  Eos 
effc  punlendot  tange  tnagls% 
Qui  Ifdunt  Nos  yi/3  Specie 
jlmlcit'ue,  quam  ^/«  pro- 
fitcntur  Se  notlros  Immlcoi 
palam. 


fervcd,  taking  the  Do)j$ 
He  iuat  tutUing  to  kill  Him. 
To  \vhom  /^  Dr^  faid,  Wbtrefoti 
dofl  Thou  defire  to  dejlroy  Me  ? 
/  am  one  c/"  thy  Domeft'tcs  ; 
rather  /^  the  Wolf,  Wh9 
continually  lays  'wait  for  your 
Sheepfold.  Nay,  /jjj  the  Shep- 
herd, /  think  You  more  worthy 
of  Death,  than  ike  Wolf  :  For 
//if  profefles  Himfelf  my 
Enemy  openly  ;  litt  Thou,  undef- 
the  Show  of  Friendfiipy  daily 
dimitilfkeft  my  Flock. 

Mo*. 

This  /aJfe  (hows,  //&«/  T% 
are  to  be  punijhsd  by  far  wor^, 
Who  hurt  Us  t/«</irr  a  Pretence 
Friend/hip,  than  77*^  /^o  pro- 
efs  TLemf  el-vet  our  Enemies 
openly. 


P/ 
fef 


FABLE     CXLVIII. 


ARIETE   pugnante    cum 
TAURO. 


Rat 


idam       Aries 


Eat  quam 
<«/tr  Oves,  ^f« 
habebat  /am  firmum  Caput 
&  Cornueit  ut  ^a/ra  & 
facile  fuperaret  cttero; 
Arittes  ;  jwart  cum  inveniret 
nulhim  Ar'tetem  amplius, 
Qui  anderet  objijlere  Sibi 
occurfavtiy  elatus 

crebris  Vitloriis,  anfus  eft 
provocare  Taurum  ad  Pug- 
nam  ;  fed  primo  Congreffii, 


Of   th 


the  BULL. 


THERE  was  a  certain  Ram 
among  the  Sheep,  Who 
had  fo  firm  a  Head 
and  Horns,  that  prejently  and 
eajily  He  overcame  /Af  other 
Rams ;  wherefore  when  Atf  found 
iro  jRjw  more, 

/P$o  dared  to  with/land  Him 
running  againft  Him,  puffed  up 
with  frequent  Victories,  he  dared 
to  provoke  a  Bull  to  Bat' 
tie  i  but  at  the  frjl  Ofet, 
-n 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  7ESOP.       107 


cam  arietaviflet  in 

Front  era  Tauri,  eft  reper- 
cufius  tarn  atroci  Iftu, 
ut  fere  moriens,  diceret 
haec,  Stultus  Ego  ! 


quid  cgi 


?    Cur    aufus    fura 


lace/fere  tarn  potentem  Ad- 
verfarium,  CK/'  Natura 
creavit  Me  imparem  ? 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabu/a  Indicat,  won 
«^j  ccrtandum  cum  poten- 
tioribus. 


when  He  had  butted  again/I 
the  foiehead  of  the  Bull,  He  was 
ftruck  back  with  fo  cruel  a  2?/c*y, 
that  almofl  dying,  He  faid 
thtfe  words,  Fool  that  I  am  ! 
•what  have  I  done  ?  Why  dared  I 
to  provoke  fo  powerful  an  Ad- 
verfary,  to  Whom  Nature 
hath  created  Me  unequal  ? 

MOR. 

This  Fable  (hows,  */&/?/  /V 
M  «of  to  be  drove  w;VA  the  more 
powerful. 


F  A  B  L-  E    CXLIX. 


De    Aquila    rapiente    Filios 
Cuniculi. 

AQUILA,  nidulata  in 
altiffima  Arbore,  ra- 
puerat  Filios  Cuniculi, 
Qm  pafcebatur  non  longe 
illinc,  in  Praedam  fuorum 
Pullorum  ;  Quam  Cuni- 
culus  orabat  blandis  Verb'u, 
ut  dignaretttr  reftituerc 
fuos  Filios  Sibi  ;  At  Ilia, 
arbitrans  Eum  effe  pu/illum 
&  terreflre  Animal, 

dilacerabat  Eos  ffkgin&nt, 
Quos  apponebat  fiiis  PW///J 
eptilandos  m  Confpeftu 
Matris  :  Tune  Canicular, 
commotus  Morte  fuorum 
Filiorum,  haud  permifit 
hanc  Injuriam  abire  fmp.u- 
nitara  ;  ctenim  efFodit 
radicitus,  !%u<e 
fofti- 


0/"thc  Eagle  friatchlng  the  Young 
of  the  Coney. 


THe  TLzg 
a  very  high  Tree,  hadfnatch- 
ed  away  the  Young  of  the  Coney, 
Who  was  fed  not  far 
from  thence,  for  the  Prey  c/"  her 
Young  ;  When  the  Co- 
ney befought  with  fair  Words, 
that  .S/ji?  would  vouchfafe  to  reftore 
for  Young  fo  Her  ;  But  Sfo, 
fuppofing  Him  to  be  a  /?///«? 
and  earthly  Animal, 

tore  Them  with  her  Talons, 
Which  She  put  to  her  To-ang 
to  eat  in  the  Sighc 
of  the  Dam  :  Then  the  Coney, 
moved  at  the  Death  of  her 
Toung,  permitted  not 

this     Injury     to    go       unpunifh- 
ed  ;        for        She        dug        up 
the  Tree   by   the    Roots,    Which 
fuftain- 


io3 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


fuftincbat  N'ulurn,  Qux 
procidens  Icvi  Impulfu 
Ve  n  t  o  r  u  m ,  dtjtcit 

Pull os  Aqulle  adhuc  implu- 
wes  in  Humunty  Q^ij 
dspafti  a  /V/ir  pras- 
*Buerunt  Solatium  Doloris 
Cuniculo. 

MOR. 

Hasc  F alula  iddicat  Ne- 
minem  frctum  fua  Potentii 
deaere  defpicerc  in;bedl!iorest 
cum  aliquando  infirmiores 
ulcifcantur  lujurias  potsn- 
tiorum. 


f attained  /^  A'^7.  whicfc 
/J//JHJ  with  a  light  JWj/I 
of  the  Winds,  threw  do<wn 
the  Young  0/"/ta  Eagle,  as  ytt  wn- 
Jledg^dl  upon  /^;  Ground,  Who 
&«ij?  w/  »//  by  /if  /#7A/  ^^ra/?j-  af- 
fordtd  Comfort  of  Grief 


MOR. 

This     Fable     (hows,  that      n» 

Man     relying      on     his  Power 

ought     to     defpife      the  Weaker^ 

feeing  \h*\.  fomctimes  the  Weaker 

rs-oeng:    the    Injuries  of  the  mors 
powerful. 


FABLE     CL. 


De     Lupo,     Plfce      Fluvii, 

qffeSante     Regnum 

Marls. 

ERAT  Lupus,  in  quo- 
dam  Amne,  §>ui  ex- 
cedebat  cecterot  Pi  fees 
fjufdtm  Fluminis  in  Pul- 
chritudine,  Magn'ttudine,  ac 
Roborc  ;  tinde  Omnes  admi- 
rabantur,  tf  afficiebant 
Eum  raaximo  Honors  ; 
quare  elatus  Superbia 
capit  appetere  majorem 
Principal  urn.  Jgitur  Am- 
nc  relifio,  in  Quo  regna- 
verat  multos  Annos,  ingref- 
fut  eft  Mare,  ut  vendi- 
caret  Rcgnum  Ejus  Si- 
ft ;  fed  offendcns  Delphi- 
num  mirte  Magnitudinis, 


0/"the  Pike,  a  Fiji  of  the  River. 

affeSing  the  Dominion 

of  the  Sea. 

THERE  was  a  Pile,  in  a  cer- 
tain     River,       Who      ex- 
ceeded        the         other         Fifties 
of    the    fame     River     in      Fair- 
nefs,  Greatnefs,  and 

Strength  ;  whence  All  admir- 
ed, and  affe&ed 
Him  with  the  greateft  Honour  ; 
wherefore  puffed  up  with  Pride 
He  began  to  defire  greater 
Command.  Therefore  the  Ri- 
ver le'mg  /eft,  in  Which  He  had 
reigned  many  Years,  He  entered 
into  the  Sea,  that  he  might  chal- 
lenge the  Dominion  of  It  to  Him- 
felf  ;  but  finding  a  Dol- 
phin of  a  ivonderful  Greatnefs, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.       109 


§>ui  rcgnabat  in  Illo,  eft 
it  a  inftSatut  ab  I  Ho,  ut  au- 
fugiens  vix  ingrederetur 
Odium  Amn'iS)  nnde 
aufus  ejl  exire  non  amfliiis. 

MOR. 

Ha;c  Fabuta  admonct  Nost 
ut  contenti  nollris  Rebus, 
ne  appetamus,  ^/<«  funt 
longe  tsajora  nc/?w  Viribus. 


J^o  reigned  m  It,  //«:  -UMJ 
fo  purfuzd  by  .#/«,  that  jlyi*g 
a-Wtiy  fcarce  could  He  enter  into 
the  Mouth  of  the  River,  whence 
He  durjl  to  go  out  no  more. 

MOR. 

This  Falie  admonifhes  Us, 
that  content  with  our  own  Things, 
We  do  not  defire,  What  are 
ly  far  greater  f&m  our  Strength. 


FABLE     CLI. 


De    OVE    con-vitiantc 
PaRori. 

OVis    eonvitlabatur    Pa- 
ftori,     quod    non    con- 
tentus    Lafte,      ^i/<j<y    mul- 
gebat  ab  Ea  i«  fuum  Ufum, 
&  £7/j/w!  Fiiiojum, 

infvper  denudaret  Illam 
Vellere.  Tune  Paftor 

iratus  trahebat  ejus  Filium 
ad  Mortem.  Ovis  inqnit, 
Qtid  pejtis  poles  facere 
Mihi  ?  Pa  (tor  inquit,  ut 
cccidam  Te,  £5*  projiciam 
devorandam  JL/upis  Cff 
Canibns.  0-u/j  filuit, 

formidatit  ad  hue  major  a 
Mala. 

MOR. 

Hcec  Fabula  indtcat, 
Homines  non  dcfaere  excan- 
defcere  in  Deum,  ii  pcrniittat 
DivJtias  £5*  Filios  ntiferri 
Ipfis  ;  rww  poflit 

viferre    ctiam    majora     Sup- 
plicia 


0/"the  SHEEP  railing  on 
the  Shepherd. 

A  Sheep  railed  on  a  Shep- 
herd, /£rt/  not  C'ir - 
tent  with  t}i'..-  Milk,  IVlleb  He 
milked /rew  Her /or  his  own  Ufr, 
and  //6<f  t//^  of  his  Children, 
moreover  He  ft  ripped  Htr 
of  the  Fleece.  T^un  the  Shepherd 
angry  dragged  her  Young-  one 
to  Death.  The  Sheep  fays, 
What  worfe  are  You  able  to  do 
to  Me  ?  The  Shepherd  f.iys,  that 
Iinay&i!/Tl\ee,and  throw  Thee  out 
to  bt  devoured  by  the  Wolvts  and 
Dogs.  The  Sheep  held  her  Peace, 
fearing  yet  greater 

Evas. 

MOR. 

This  /aJ&  (hows, 

fta/  Afc?/j  ought  not  /<?  grow 
tuarm  againft  Gctf,  \$ He pennitteth 
Riches  and  Children  to  be  talcn 
from  Them  ;  when  He  is  able 
to  bring  even  greater  Punifh- 
ments 


no      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JEBOP. 


plicia     Ipjis     8c     •vlventilus    jnents    upon    Them     both 
&  mortals.  and  dead. 


FABLE     GUI. 


De    Auriga    &?    Rota 
Currfis  Jlridente. 

AUriga  interrogabat 

Currum,  quare 

Rota,  £>U(e  erat  deterior, 
ftrideret,  cum  cseteri  non 
facer ent  idem  ?  Cut 

Currus  inquit,  JEgroti 
femper  confuevcrunt  effe 
morofi  £ff  queruli. 


Of  the  Waggoner  and  the  Wheel 
of  the  Waggon  creaking. 

TH  E  Waggoner  aflted 
the  Waggon,  •wherefore 
the  Wheel,  Which  was  worfe, 
creaked,  when  the  reft  did 
not  do  the  fame  ?  To  whom 
the  Waggon  faitl,  The  Sick 
always  have  ufcd  /0  be 
morofe  and  complaining. 


MOR.  MOR. 

HxcFat>u/aindicat,MaIa  This   Fable   fhows,  that   Evils 

femper      folcre       impellere  always      are      wont      to      drive 

Homines  ad  Querimoniam.  Men  to  Complaint. 


FABLE     CLIII. 


De  Viro   wienie    experiri 
Amicos. 

QUidam  V'tr  admodum 
dives  6c  liberalis^ 
habebat  magnam  Copiam 
jfmicorvm,  Quos  fape  invi- 
tabat  nd  Co^nam  ;  W Quern 
accedelant  libentiflirne. 

dulem     volens    experiri,     an 
effent  ^/?/«  Sibi 

in  Laboribus    55"   Pericnlis, 
fonvocavit    Eos    omnes,    di- 
cens.    Inimicos    effe    cbortos 
Sibi, 


O/"  the  Man  willing    to  tty 
his  Friends. 


A    Certain         Man         very 
r/V/6  and  liberal, 

had  a  ^ratf  Abundance 
of  Friends,  Whom  often  He  in- 
vited to  Supper  ;  to  Whom 
They  went  raolt  willingly. 
JBitt  willing  to  try,  whether 
They  would  be  faithful  to  Him 
in  Labours  and  Dangers, 
He  called  together  Them  all,  fay- 
ing, that  Enemies  were  rifen  up 
againft  Him> 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP.       in 


Sibi,  Quos  ftatmt 

occldere  ;  quare,  Armis  cor- 
reptis,  treat  Secum, 
ut  ulcifcerentur  Injurias 
lllatas  Sibi.  Turn  Oranes 
caperunt  excufare  Se, 
prater  Duos.  Igitur,  ceterls 
repudiates,  habuit  tantum 
Illos  Duos  in  Nuniero 
Amicorum. 

MOR. 

Hsec  Fabula  indicat,  ad- 
iierfam  Fortunam  ejje 
optimum  Experimentum 

Amicitiae. 


againft  Him,  Whom  He  refolvcd 
to  kill ;  wherefore,  Arms  being 
taken  up,  theyfhouldgo  with  Him, 
that  They  might  revenge  the  Injuries 
offered  to  Him.  Then  All 
began  to  excufe  ThemJ 'elves , 
except  Two.  Therefore,  the  re/1 
being  rejected,  He  held  only 
Thofe  Two  in  the  Number 
of  Friends. 

MOR. 

This    Fable    fiiows,    that    ad- 
verff  Fortune  is 

the  beft  Experiment 

of  Friendfhip. 


FABLE    CLIV. 


De  Vulpe  laudante  Camera 
Leporis  Cani. 

CUM   Vulpes    fugeretur 
a  Cane,     &   jamjam 
effet  capienda,  nee 

cognofcerat  ullam  aliam 
Vtarn  evadendi,  inquit,  O 
Canis,  quid  cupis  perde- 
re  Me,  cujtis  Caro  non  po- 
teft  effe  ulli  Ufui  Tibi  I 
cape  potius  ilium  Leporem  ; 
(etenim  Lepus  aderat  prope) 
cujus  carnem  Mortales  dicunt 
tffe  fuaviffimam.  Igitur 
Cam's,  motus  Confilio 
VulpiSy  Vulpe  omiffd, 
infectitus  ^Leporem  ;  Qjjem 
tamen  non  potuit  capere  ob 
ejus  incredibilem  Veloc'i- 
tutem.  Poft  paucos  Dies 
Lepus 


Of  the  Fox  praiftng  the  Flcfli 
of  the  Hare  to  the  Dog. 

"y^HEN 'the Fox  was  put  to  flight 
by   the   Dog,  and  juft    now 
was      to       be       catched,      Jtor 
knew  any  other 

Way  of  efcaping,  He  fald>  O 
Dog,  why  dojl  Thou  defire  to  de- 
ftroy  Me,  whofe  Flejb  can- 
not  be  of  any  Ufe  to  Thee  ? 
take  rather  that  Hare  ; 
(for  the  Hare  *was  nigh) 
whofe  Fie  Hi  Men  fay 

is  mod  iwect.  Therefore 
the  Dog,  moved  with  the  Counfel 
o/"  fta  Fcx,  the  Fox  being  let  alone , 
purfued  the  Hare  ;  Which, 
yet  He  could  not  take  for 
her  incredible  Swrift- 

ntft.       After      a     few      Days 
the  Hart 


in      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


Lepus  conveniens  Pulpem 
accufabat  Earn  vehemeri- 
ter,  (ctenlm  audi£rat  ejus 
Vcrba)  quod  demonllraflet 
Se  Cani.  Cut 

Vulpes  inquit,  Lepus,  quid 
accufas  Me,  cum  lavidavi 
Tc  tantopere  ?  Quid 
diceres,  fi  •c'ttvperafftm 
Tc  > 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat, 
Homines  machinari  Perni- 
clem  Aliis  fub  Specie 
Laudatlonis. 


ty»     (for 
Wor 


the  Hare  meeting  the  Fox 
accufed  Her  vehement- 

had  heard  her 
rds)  becaufe  She  had  fhown 
Him  to  the  Dog.  To  whom 
the  Fox  faid,  O  Hare,  ivhy 
do  You  accuft  Me,  when  /  have 
praifed  Thee  fo  greatly  ?  What 
ivculd  Toufay,  if  /  bad  difgraced 
You  ? 

MOR. 

This  /o^/V  (hows, 

A&d/  ^/i*«  contrive  Dtjlruc- 
tion  for  Others  z/n^r  the  Pretence 
of  Commendation. 


FABLE     CLV. 

De    Lepore  petente  Callidi-     Of    the      Hare     a/king      Crafti- 
tatem,    &  Vulpc    Celeri-          nefs,     and     the     Fox      Swift- 
neft  from  J-u£-£tr. 


THE  Hart  and  the  Fox  leg- 
ged of  Jupiter  ;  This, 
Ma/  He  would  join  Siviftnefs 
to  her  Craftinrfs  ;  That,  that 
He  would  join  Craftineft  to  his 
S-wtftnefs  :  To  Whom  Jupiter 
thus  anfwered;  We  have  bellowed 
G//>/  to  all  /«'/'«£•  Crea- 
tures, from  /i?  Beginning 
of  the  World,  ctrt  o/"  our  mojl  ll- 
leral  Bofom  ;  but  to  have  given 
All  to  One  would  have  been  the  In- 
jury of  Others. 


LEpus  £s?  Vulpes  /<•/#- 
^n/  a  Jove  ;  Hasc, 
«/  adjungerrt  Ctttnfatem 
fuz  Calliditati  ;  I  lie,  «/ 
adjungeret  QalKditatem  fuse 
Celeritati  :  Q^iibus  Jupiter 
ita  refpondit  ;  Klargiti  fumus 
Munera  fingulis  dn'w.anti- 
&us,  ab  Origine 

Mundi,  r  noftro  nbtralffi- 
mo  Sinn  ;  y^^/  dtdiflTc 
OmK/'<z  Uri  fuffit  lu- 
juria  Aliorum. 


MOR.  MOR. 

HJCC       Fabula       indicat,          This              Fable  (hows, 

efTe     larglttim    fua  that       Gad      has     given  hit 

Muncra  Gifts 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.        113 


Munera  ita  sequali  Lance% 
ut  Quifgue  dcbcat  ejje  con- 
tentus  fua  SGI  te. 


Gifts  4t>rf£  y»  equal  a  Balance^ 
that  Every  One  ought  to  be  con- 
tent •with  bit  own  Lot. 


FABLE     CLVI. 


Z)g  Equo  ineutto,  fed 
veloci,  &  cxteris  irri- 
dentibus  Eum. 

COmplures  Equi  fuerant 
addufli  ad  Circenfes 
Ludos,  ornati  pulcherri- 
mis  Phaleris,  prajter  Unum, 
Qtiem  cttteri  irridebant,  ut 
incultum,  &f  ineptum  ad 
tale  Certamen  ;  nee  cpina- 
bantur,  futurum  unquam 
Vi6lorem.  Sed  ubi  Tempus 
currendi  advenit,  &,  Sig- 
no  Tuboe  data, 

cunc\i  exfiliere  e  Carcere, 
turn  demum  innotuit,  quanta 
Hie  paulo  ante  irrifus  fu- 
pcraret  ceteros  Velocitate  ; 
etenim,  omnibus  aliit  relic- 
tis  pnjl  Se  longo  intervallo, 
affccutus  tjl  Palmam. 

MOR. 


Of  the  Horfe 
fivift,  and  /£ 
ing  /ffm. 


but 
mock- 


MANY  Horfet  were 
brought  to  the  Circenjian 
Games,  adorned  with  moft  beauti- 
ful Trappings,  except  Oney 
Whom  the  reft  laughed  at,  as 
ugly,  and  urxfit  for 

fuch  an  Engagement;  nor 
think,  that  He  would  be 
Viftor.  But  when 
of  running  approached,  z<c\&,the Sig- 
nal of  the  Trumpet  being  given t 
all  leaped  from  the  Goa/t 
lhenat/ii/2  it  appeared,^  hoiu  much 
This  a  little  before  derided  ex- 
celled the  reft  ia  Swiftnefs  ; 
for,  all  the  others  being 
left  behind  Him  at  a  long Diftance* 
He  gained  the  Viftory. 

MOR. 

f,  Homines  The  Fable  Jignijiesy  that  Men 
non  judicandos  ex  Habitu,  are  not  to  be  judged  by  Habitt 
fed  w  Virtntc.  but  by  Virtue. 


FABLE 


114      SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP. 


FABLE     CLVII. 

De  Ruftico  adm'iffo  ad  Of  the  Countryman  admitted  to 
Jurifconfultum  per  Focem  the  Lawyer  by  the  Voice, 
Hxdl.  of  the  Kid. 


h'dam  Rujiicui,  im- 
plicitus  gravi  Lite, 
accfjfit  ad  quendam  Jurif- 
confultum,  ut,  Eo  Patrono, 
explicaret  S:.  At 

I  He  impeditus  aliis  Nego- 
tiij  jubet  renunciari, 
Se  nunc  tton  pnffe  vaca- 
re  Illi  s  qua  re 

abiret  rediturus 

alias.  RulHcus, 

£>ui  fidebat  El  plurimura, 
ut  veteri  £?  fido  dmico, 
nunquam  admittebatur. 

Tandem  deferent  Hasdum 
adbuc  ladtantem,  Iff 
pingucm,  Secum,  ftabat  ante 
Fores  Jurifperiti,  & 

•vellicans  Haedum,  coegit 
Ilium  balare.  Janitor, 

£>ui  folebat  admittere  Eos, 
Qui  portarent  Dona,  ex 
Pracepto  Heri, 

Voce  Hsedi  audit  a, 

illico  aperient  Januam, 
jubct  Homincm  Intro'lre. 
Tune  Rufticus,  conver- 
fus  ad  Haedum,  inqvif,  Mi 
Hfdule,  ago  Gratias  Tibi, 
£)tue  eifecifti  has  Fores  tarn 
faciles  Mibi. 

MOR. 

Fabula      indicat,      nullas 

JRes  cfTc  tarn  duras  tf  diffi- 

cilcs, 


A 


Certain  Countryman,  en- 
tangled /»  a  heavy  Suit, 
'a/fnf  to  a  certain  Law- 
yer, //ta/,  He  being  Patron, 
He  might  unfold  Him/elf.  But 
/fo  hindered  wi//6  o/^tr  Af- 
fairs orders  Him  to  be  told, 
that  He  now  <w^j  not  able  to  be  at 
Leifure  for  Him  ;  wherefore 
He  Jhould  go  away  to  return 
another  Time.  The  Countryman, 
Wbo  trufted  to  Him  very  much, 
as  an  old  and  faithful  Friend t 
never  was  admitted. 

At  length  bringing  a  Kid 
a,s  yst  fucking,  and 

fat,  nviib  Him,  He  flood  before 
the  Doors  o/"  /A?  Lawyer,  and 
plucking  the  Kid,  forced 
Him  /o  £/(*<2/.  The  Porter, 
W/&0  was  wont  /o  «<//»//  Thofe, 
Wbo  brought  Gifts,  by 
the  Command  of  his  Mafter, 
the  Voice  of  the  Kid  being  heard, 
prefently  opening  the  Gate, 
orders  the  Man  /a  enter. 
Then  fta  Countryman,  having 
turned  to  the  Kid,  /0/</,  My 
little  Kid,  I  give  Thanks  to  Thee, 
W^o  haft  made  thef:  Doors  fo 
cafy  to  me. 


MOR. 

The     Fable   flows, 
Things  arc   yb  hard    o 


that  no 

</    diffi- 

cult, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.      115 

cilcs,      Quas     Munera     non     cult,        Which       Gifts      do      not 
afctiunt.  open. 


FABLE     CLVIII. 


De  Sene  deficient  e 

Saxis  jfuvencm 

diripientem  Poma  Sibi. 

QUidam    Sencx     drabat 
Juvenem    diripientem 
Poma  Sibi    blandis    Verbis, 
ut  defcenderet  ex 

Arbore,  nee  vcllet  auferre 
fuas  Res;  fed  cum  funde- 
rct  Verba  incaffum,  jfuvene 
contemnente  ejus  jEtatem 
&?  Verba,  inquit,  Audio, 
effe  aliquam  Vlrtutem  non 
tantum  in  Verbis^  verum 
e  tlam  \  n  Her  bis  ;  igitur  cccpit 
vellere  Gramen,  &  jacere  in 
Ilium  ;  Quod  'Juvenls 
confpicatus  rldebat  vehe- 
raenter,  y  arbitrabatur  • 
Senem  delirare,  £>ui  cre- 
deret,  Se  pofTe  depel- 
lere  Eum  ex  Arbore.  Tune 
Scnex,  cupiens  experiri 
Omnia,  inquit,  Quando  Verba 
^  Tierbse  vaAf«/  Nil 
adverfus  llaptorem  mearum 
Rerum,  agam  Eum 

Lapidibus,  in  £>uibus  quoq; 
r//Van/  efie  Vlrtutem  ;  & 
jaclens  Lapides,  Quibus 
implcverat  Gremiuzn,  cocgit 
Ilium  dcfcendere,  ^  abiie. 


Of  the  old  Man  driving  down 
with  Stones  the  young  Man 
flealing  Apples  from  Him. 

A  Certain  old  Man  befought 
a  young  Man  flealing 
Apples  from  Him  withfairWords, 
that  He  would  defcend  out  of 
the  Tree,  nor  would  take  away 
his  Things  ;  but  when  He  poured 
out  Words  in  vain,  the\young  Man 
defpifing  his  Age 

and  Words,  He  fata*,  I  hear, 
that  there  is  fome  Virtue  not 
only  in  Words,  but 

alfo  in  Herls  ;  therefore  He  began 
to  pull  theGrafs,  and  to  throw  it  at 
Him  ;  Which  the  young  Man 
having  feen  laughed  vehe- 
mently, and  thought. 
the  old  Man  to  doat,  Who  be- 
lieved, that  He  was  able  to  drive 
down  Him  out  of  the  Tree.  T^ra 
the  old  Man,  dejiring  to  try 
a//  Things,  fa  id,  wtan  Words 
aizfl?  Herbs  «o>flr7  Nothing 
again/}  the  Stealer  c/"  roy 
Things,  /  •will  drive  Him 
•with  Stones,  in  Which  alfo 
They  fay  that  there  is  Virtu:  ;  and 
throwing  Stones,  <a///A  which 
He  had  filled  A/V  //«/>,  he  forced 
///'w  to  defcend,  <7/7</  to  go  away. 

MOR. 


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MOR, 

MOR. 

Hnrc      Fabvla       indicat, 

This               Fable 

fhows. 

Omni  a 

tentanda 

that  all   Things    are 

to   be 

tried 

Sapienti, 

prinfquam 

by     a     •wife     Man, 

before 

that 

confugiat         ad 

Auxlltutn 

He         jlceth          to 

the 

Help 

Armorura. 

of  Arms. 

FABLE     CLIX. 

De  Lufcinia  pollicente  Of  the  Nightingale  promt/ing 
Accipitri  Cantum  pro  to  the  Hawk  a  Song  for 
fud  Vita.  her  Life. 


LUfcinia          comprehenfa 
a   famelico   Accipitre, 
cum          intelligcret,  .5V 

fore  devorandam  Jib  Eo% 
rogabat  Eum  blandu,  vt 
dimittcrrt  Se,  polli- 
cita,  Sefe  relaturam 

tngentem  Merccdem  pro 
tanto  Beneficio.  Autem  cum 
Accipiter  rogaret,  Quid 
Gratia  poflet  referre 

Sibi  ;  inquit,  Demulcebo 
tuas  Aures  du!cilusCant'\bu3. 
Accipiter  refpondit,  Malo, 
demulceas  meum  Ventrem  ; 
poffum  vivcre  f:ae  tms 
Cantibus,  fed  non  fine 
C'tlo. 


MOR. 

Fabula   docet,   uti-  This  Fable  teacheth,   that  pro- 

Ha                       anteponenda  Jitable  Things  are  to  be  preferred 

jucvndis.  to  phafant. 


THE  Nightingale  being  caught 
by  a  hungry  Hawk, 
ii'hen  She  underftood  that  She 
fhould  be  devoured  by  Him, 
afked  Him  fairly,  that 
He  would  difmifs  Her,  having 
promifed,  that  She  would  return 
a  vaft  Reward  for 

fo  great  a  Benefit.  But  tuhen 
the  Hawk  ajkea*  What 
Favour  She  was  able  to  return 
to  Him  ;  She  faid,  I  will  foften 
thy  Ears  with  J<weet  Songs. 
The  Hawk  anfwered,  / had rather , 
thou  ftiotildeft  foften  my  Belly  ; 
/  am  able  to  live  without  thy 
Songs,  but  ncf  without 
Meat. 

MOR. 


F  A  B  L  F 


SELECT  FABLES  OF 

FABLE     CLX. 


117 


De  Leone    eligente    Porcum 
Socium  Sibi. 

LE  O,  cum  vcllet 
adfcifcere  Socios  Sibi, 
&  multa  Animalia  optarcnt 
adjungtrc  Sefe  Illi.  fc? 
expofcerent  Id  Votis  & 
Prccibus,  czteris  fpretis, 
•volult  in  ire 

Societatem  folura  cum  Porco. 
Autem  rogatus  Caufam, 
refpondit,  £>uia  hoc  Ani- 
mal eft  adeo  tidum,  ut  nun- 
quam  relinqueret  fuos  Arnicas 
&  Socios  in  r///o,  quanturavis 
niagno,  Difcriminc. 


MOR. 

Haec        Falula 
Amicltiam      Eorum 
dam,  Oui    Tempore 
referunt 


fitatis 


docet, 

appeten  • 
Adver- 
Pedera 


a  praeftando  Auxilio. 


Of     the    Lion   cboojtng  the    Hog 
a   Companion  for  Hunfelf. 

THE  LION,  >wben  He  would 
get  Companions  to  Him f elf, 
and  man\'  Animals  tu'iflxcl 
to  join  Tbtrnfcl-vcs  to  Him,  and 
required  It  with  4Vovvs  ami 
Prayers,  the  others  being  defpifcd, 
He  was  willing  to  enter  into 
Society  only  ivilh  the  Hog. 
But  being  afked  the  Caufe, 
He  anfwerc-d,  Btcaitfi  this  Ani- 
mal is  TO  faithful,  that  He  ne- 
ver tur/iihl  tca-ve  his  Friends 
and  Companions  in  'c«y,.  altho' 
great)  Danger. 

MOR. 

This  ^a3/<?  teaches, 

that  the  Friendfhip  of  thofe  is  to  It 
dejtred.  Who  in  the  Time  of  Ad- 
vcrfity  </9  «o/  £/r^w  ^a^  a  Foot 
yVom  affording  Aff.ftance. 


FABLE     CLXI. 


De  Ciiiice  petente  Cibum   & 
Hofpitium  ab  Ape. 

CUM       Culcx     hyberno 
Tempore  conjicerct,  Se 
periturum          Frigore         & 
Fame,   acceffit    ad    Alvearia 
Apum      petens     Cibum     B5 
Hofpitium    ab    Eis  ;      ^a.? 
fi  fi'lffct    confecutut    ab    £/J 
pro- 


O/"   the    Gnat    a/king    Meat 
Lodging  of  the  Bee. 


WHen  ^^  Gna^  in  theWlnler 
Time  conjcfturtd,  that  He 
fliould      perifh      tuitb     Cold     and 
Hunger,    He    went   to   the   Hives 
of    the    Bees    ajiing    Meat    and 
Lodging    from     Them  ;      Which 
if  Ht  Jhould   obtain    from     Them 
He  pro- 


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promittebat,  Se  edofturura 
J^ilios  Eorum  Artem 

Muficae.  Tune  qusedam 
Apis  refpondit,  At  Ego 
mallem,  quod  met  Liberi 
edifcant  incam  Artem,  Q^uae 
potent  eximere  Eos  a 
Pertculo  Famis  £if  Frigoris. 


He  promifed,  that  He  would  teach 
the  Children  of  Them  the  Art 
of  Mufick.  Then  a  certain 
Bee  anfwered,  But  I 

had  rather,  that  w_y  Children 
Jbould  learn  my  ^//-/,  Which 
'will  be  able  to  exempt  Them  from 
/^£  Danger  of  Hunger  on*/  Cold. 


MOR. 

Hsec      Fabula     admonet          This 
nos,     ut    erudiamus     noftros      Us,       that 
Liberos    his     Artibus, 
valent     vindicare     Eos 
Inopia. 


MOR. 

admonifhes 
itiflrufl       our 

Children  in  thofe  yfr/j,  Which 
are  able  /o  defend  Them  yrowj 
Want. 


FABLE      CLXII. 


De      Afino      Tuliclne,      & 
Lepore  Tabellario. 

LEO,    Rex    Quadrupe- 
durn,  fugnaturus 

adverfus  Volucres,  inflruebat 
fuas  Acies  :  Autem  inter- 
rogatus  ab  Urfo,  Quid  Iner- 
tia AJini,  ant  Timidi- 
tas  Leporis  conferret  Vidto- 
liam  £i,  C*uos  ccrnebat 
adefle  ibi  inter  Cfttrot, 
refpondit,  Afmus, 

Clangore  fu<e  Tubs, 
concitabit  Milites  ad 

Pugnam  ;  vero  JLepus  fan- 
<?etur  Officio  Tabeliarii 
ob  Celeritatem  Pedura. 

MOR. 

Fabula  Jtgnificat,     Ncmi- 
•yjni  eJTi  adeo  eontempttbikm, 

CMli 


Of  the    Afs    //je    Trumpeter,    and 
//6f  /Tari?  the  Letter-Carrier. 

THE  L,ion,/ta.Sr;'ni2'ofthefour- 
footed  Beaftsj  about  to  fight 
sgainfl  the  Birds,  difpoied 
his  Troops  :  But  being  afk- 
ed  by  the  Bear,  How  the  Slug- 
giflinefs  of  the  Afs,  or  the  Fearful- 
nefs  of  the  Hare  would bringV\€ta- 
ry  to  Him,  Whom  He  fatu 
to  be  prefent  there  among  the  reft, 
He  anfwertd,  The  Afs, 
with  the  Sound  of  his  Trumpet, 
ivi/l  roufe  the  Soldiers  to 
the  Fight ;  but  the  Hare  will  per- 
form the  Office  of  a  Letter-Bearer 
thro'  the  Svuiftnefs  of  his  Feet. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  fignifies,     that    no 

One          is         fo         contemptible, 

Who 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  jESOP.        119 

Qm  non  poffit  prodefle  Nobis     Who    cannot    be  profitable  to  Us 
in  allqua  Re.  iafome  Thing. 


FABLE     CLXIII. 


De     Accipitribus       Inimicit 
inter  Se,  Quos 

Colwnbe  compofuerunt. 

ACcipitres  laimici  inter 
5tf  decertabant  quotiJ'te, 
&  occupati  fuis  Invidiis 
minime  inftjlabant  alias 
Aves.  Columbas  dolentes, 
IjCgatis  tnffis,  compofuere 
£oj  .-  Sed  ////,  ubi  /KH/ 
effefti  Am'tcl  inter  ^, 
non  definebant  vexare  & 
occiJere  casteras  imbecilliores 
Aves,  y  maxime  Cotumbas. 
Turn  CoUimbx  dicebant, 
Quanta  trat  Difcordia 
Accipitrum  melior  Nobis, 
^w^ffz  Concordia. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  admonet, 
Odia  malorum  Civium 
inter  ^  potiue  altn- 
dat  quam  extinguetula,  tit, 
dum  certant  inisr 

Se,         permlttant          bonos 
fires  vivere  quiete. 


Of  the  Hawks  Enemies 
among  Themfelvest  Whom 
the  D;i'fs  reconciled. 

THE  Hawks  Enemies  among 
Themfel'ves  contended  daily t 
and  bitfed  with  their  own  Enmities 
they  very  little  infejled  the  other 
Birds.  The  Doves  grieving^ 
Ambafladors  be  tag  fent,  reconciled 
Them  :  But  They,  wher.  They  were 
made  Friends  among  Themfehes^ 
did  not  leave  off  to  -vex  and 
kill  the'  other  weaker 

Birds,     and    moftly    the 
Then  the          Doves 

By  hoiu  much  was  the 
of  the  Hawks  Letter 
than  their  Agreement. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  admonilhes, 
that  the  Hatreds  of  bad  Citizen: 
among  Themfelves  rather  are  to  be 
nourijked  than  extingui/bcd,  that, 
ivbiljl  They  contend  among 
Themfelves,  They  may  permit  good 
Men  to  live  quietly* 


Doves. 
(aid, 

Difcord 
to     Us, 


FABLE 


120      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CLX1V. 


Da     Senc     wienie 
re  Mortem. 


differ- 


QUidam  Senex  rogabat 
^-- Mortem,  Q^ae  advenerat 
crept  ura  Eum  e 

Vita,  ut  deferrety 

dum  conderet  fuum 

Tcjiamentum,  &  prgpararet 
caetcra  neceffana  ad 

tantum  Iter.  C«j 

Mors  inquit,  Cur  monitus 
toties  fl  Me  now  prapardjli 
Tc  ?  -EV,  cum  ///<•  dice  ret, 
<?KO</  nunquam  viderat  Earn 
Liniea,  inquit,  C'wm  quoti- 
die  rapicbam  non  wzo^o  tuos 
JEquales,  Quorum  JVw//i 
fere  jam  reftant,  verum 
etiam  jfwucnes,  Pueros,  cf 
Infantes,  nonne  admombam 
Te  iua  Mortalitatis  ?  Cum 
fentitbas  tuos  Oculos 
tabffcere,  tuum  Audit  urn 
miriui,  &  tuos  cfftercs 
Scnfus  dejicere  indies,  nonne 
dicebam  Tibi,  Me  tjje 
propinquam  ?  &  negas, 
Te  ^  admonitum  ? 
yr/ar/f  non  eft  Jffircndum 
ulterius. 

MOR. 

HJEC  Fabula.  indicat,  quod 
debemus  vi-vere,  quafi^/>wy5;r 
cernamus  Jllsrtem  adeffe. 


0/the  old   Man  being   willing   to 
defer  Death. 

A  Certain     old     Man      afked 
Death,  Wiio  came 

to  fnatch  Him  out  of 
Life,  that  #<?  would  defer  it, 
till  ft  nW<;  his 

Willy  and  prepared 

the  other  necejjary  Things  for 
_/o  ^rraf  a  Journey.  To  whom 
Death  faid,  Why  warmd  fo 
often  £y  Me  A<7^  /£0a  no/  prepared 
Thyfelf?  Md,  when  ft  faid, 
that  He  never  Aa</  feen  Him 
fo/o/v,  He  faid,  When  dai- 
ly /  fnatched  away  not  o«/y  thy 
Equals,  of  Which  2Vc«<r 
almoft  wow  remain,  but 
alfo  Toung  Men,  Boys,  and 
Infants,  did  not  I  admonijb 
Thee  of  thy  Mortality  ?  When 
Thou  perceivedft  thine  Eyes 
/0  ^row  //TOT,  thy  Hearing 
to  be  leflened,  and  thy  C//VT 
Senfcs  /o  decay  daily,  did  I  not 
fay  to  Thee,  that  I  was 
near  ?  and  ^/?  Thou  deny, 
that  Thou  /&<?/?  been  admonifhed  ? 
wherefore  it  is  not  /o  fo  deferred 
longer. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows,  that 
We  ought  to  //w  as  if  always 
We  faw  Death  to  be  prefer.t. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CLXV. 


121 


D£  Avaro   Viro    alloquente 
Sacculum  Nummi. 

QUidam      a-varus     Vir 
moriturus,       &      relic- 
turus      ingentem       Acervum 
Aureorum      male       partum, 
intcrrogabat  Sacculum 

Nummorum,  Quern  jvjjtt 
affcrri  Sibi,  Q^ibus 

ejjet  allaturus  Voluptatem  ? 
Cui  Sacculus  inquit,  Tuis 
Haeredibus,  £>ui  profun- 
dent  Nammos  quasiitos  a 
Tc  tanto  Sudore,  in 
Scortis  Cs"  Conviviis  ;  £3* 
Dsemonibus,  Qui  manci- 
pabunt  tuam  Animam 
tfternis  Suppliciis. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula    indicat     ej/e 
ftultiffimum  labor  are 

in  Eis,  Q^ias  ftnt 
allatura  Gaudium  Aliis, 
aulem  Tormenta  Nobls. 


Of  the  covetous  Man  fpeaking  to 
the  Bag  of  Money. 

A  Certain       covetous       Man 
about  to  die,  and    about   to 
leave  a  vaft  Heap 

of  golden  Pieces  ///  gotten, 
ajked  a  Bag 

of  Monies ,  which  be  commanded 
to  be  brought  to  Him,  to  whom 
He  <was  about  to  bear  Pleafure  ? 
To  Whom  the  Bag  faid,  To  thine 
Heirs,  Who  will 

fpend  the  Monies  gotten  by 
Thee  with  fo  great  Sweat,  upon 
Whores  and  Feafts  ;  and 
to  the  Devils,  Who  will  tor- 
ment thy  Soul 
with  eternal  Punifhments. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  (hows  it  to  be 
a  mod  foolifh  Thing  to  labour 
in  thofe  Things,  Which  may  be 
about  to  bear  Joy  to  Others, 
but  Torments  to  Us. 


FABLE 


122      SEL-ECT  FABLES  OF 


F  A  B  L  E     CLXVI. 


De  Vulpe  &?  Capro. 

VUlpes  y  Caper  fiti- 
bundi  defcenderiint  in 
<juendam  Puteum  ;  in  Quo 
cum  perlibiffent,  Vulpes 
ait  Capro  circumfpicienti 
Reditutn,  Caper,  elto  bono 
Animo,  namq;  excogitavi, 
quo  paflo  nterquc  Jinius 
reduces.  Siquidem  Tu 
friges  Te  refitim,  prior ibus 
Pedibus  admotis  ad 

Parietcm,  £9"  reclinabis 
tua  Cornua,  Mcnto  addnfto 
ad  Ptcl:us,  Ego  tranfiliens 
per  tua  Terga  &  Cornua, 
&  evadens  extra  Ptittitm, 
educam  Te  ifthinc 

pojlea,  Cujtis         Conjilio 

Capro  kabente  Fidem,  atq; 
obtemperante,  ut  Ilia  jubc* 
bat,  Ipfa  profiliit  e  Puteo, 
*c  deinde  geftiebat  pre 
Gaudio  in  Margine  Putei, 
&  ex-ultabat,  habens  Nihil 
Curac  de  Hirco.  Caterum, 
cum  incufaretur  ab  Hirco, 
lit  f»dtfraga,  refpondit, 
.Enimvero,  Hirce,  ft  eflet 
Tibi  tan  turn  Senfus  in 
J\Iente  quantum  ejl 

Setarum  in  Mento,  r.on  tle- 
fcendtffes  in  Puteum, 

priufquam  habul/fes  cxp'.o- 
ratum  dc  Redifu, 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  He-Goat. 

A  FOX  andzGoz\.ldng  thir- 
Jly  defcended  into 
a  certain  Well  ;  in  Which 
when  They  had  well  drank,  the  Fox 
fays  to  the  Goat  looting  about  for 
a  Return,  Goat,  be  o/"  good 
Cheer,  for  I  have  thought 
by  'what  Means  \Ve  both  w«y  ^* 
brought  back.  If  truly  Thou 
£v/7.'  /•«//£  ly/rrhyfelf^rfl/Vjthy  fore- 
Feet  being  fet  to 

the  Wall,  and  wilt  lean  forward 
/Ay  Horns,  /Aj  Chin  being  drawn 
to  thy  Breaft,  /  leaping 
over  thy  Sack  and  Horns, 
and  efcaping  out  of  /Ae  /JV/ 
will  bring  out  TA<v  thence 
afterwards.  To  whofe  Counfcl 
the  Goat  having  Faith,  o«J 
obeying,  flj  She  com- 
manded',  She  leaped  out  of  /A*  #W/, 
and  then  jumped  for 

Joy  upon  the  Brink  o/"  /£«  Well, 
and  rejoiced,  having  na 
Care  of  the  Goat.  /?«/, 

when  She  tvas  accufed  by  the  Goat, 
as  a  League- Breaker,  She  anfwercd , 
Indeed  Goat,  //  there  had  been 
/•  77'^  as  much  of  Senfe  in 
thy  Mind  as  //v/v  w 
of  Hairs  on  thy  Chin,  thou  wculdjl 
not  have  defcended  into  the  Well, 
before  that  thou  hadjl  examin- 
ed about  a  Return. 


MOR. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


Mo*. 

Haec  Fabula  innuit, 
pritdentem  Virum  delere 
explorarc  Finem,  antequam 
venlet  ad  peragendam  Rem. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  hints, 

that  a  prudent  Man  ought 
to  examine  the  End,  before  that 
He  tomes  to  do  the  Thing.  f 


FABLE     CLXVII. 


De  Gallis   cf  Pcrdice.          Of  the  Cocks  an</  the  Partridge. 


CU  M  Shtidam  haberet 
GW/wJDomi,  mercatus  ejl 
Perdicem,  £5"  dedit  £am 
in  Societatem  Gallorum 
alendam,  &  faginandam 
Una  tarn  Zis.  Galli 

g'i/7"*    Pro    &"    mordebant 
'  abigebant  Earn.      Autem 
Perdix      affliclabatur     apud 
Se,          exi/limaas  talia 

inferri  Sibi  a  Gallis, 
quod  fuum  Genus  efiet 
alienum  ab  Illorum  Genere. 
^i?ro  ubi  won  multo  />o/2 
afpcxit  ///oj  pugnantes 
inter  Se,  ef  mutuo 
percutientcs,  recreata  a 
Mcerore  tff  Triftitia,  inquit, 
Equidem  pofl  Hasc  non  af- 
flifiabor  amplius,  widens  Eos 
dimicantct  etiam  inter  Se. 


MOR, 

Hzc        Falula 
prudentes  Viros 


nnuit, 
«    ferre 

Contumeliq*  illatas  <a£  Alie- 
nigenis,  J^MOJ  vident  K<> 
abftinere  a5  Injuria 
uomffticorun, 


w 


HEN  a  certain  Man   had 
Cocls9X.llom*,fy  bought 

a  Partridge,  a«^/  gave  ^«' 
into  the  Company  of  the  Cocks 
to  be  fed,  and  fattened 
together  with  Them.  The  Cocks 
every  one  for  liimfelf  bit 
and  drore  asvay  .//«•.  But 
the  Partridge  was  afflicted  <with 
Herfeif,  thinking  that  fuch  things 
were  offered  to  Her  by  the  Cocks, 
becaufe  her  AtW  was 

different  from  Mf/r  Kind. 
j8?//  v/hen  «o/  much  after 
She  faw  TAfnj  fighting 
amongjl  Thcmfelves,  and  mutually 
Jlrikingt  recovered  from 

Grief  and  Sadnefs,  She  faid, 
Truly  after  thcfe  Things  I  /hall 
not  be  afflicted  more,  feeing  Them 
fighting  even  amongjl  Themfelves. 

Mop.. 

This  Frtifc  hints, 

that  prudent  Men  cw^f  to  bear 
the  Contumelies  offered  by  Fo- 
reigners, Whom  They  fee  not 
to  abftairi  from  the  Injury 
of  their  own  Countrymen. 


R 


FABLE 


!24       SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


F  A  B  L^E     CLXVIII. 


Dt  JACTATORE. 

QUidam  V":r  pcrcgrina- 
tus  aliquandiu,  cum 
i'nijjet  reverfus  Domum 
Uerum,  cum  jaftabundus 
przdtcaret  tnu/ta  aiia  gejla 
a  Se  viriliter  in  diverfis  Re- 
gionibus,  turn  vero  Id  max'i- 
mt,  quod  Rhodi  fuperaf- 
fet  Omnes  faliendo  :  Rho- 
illos,  Qui  ad fuer  ant,  efle 
Teftei  ejufdem  Ret  : 
UP,  us  E  or  urn, 

Qui  aderant,  refpondens  illi 
inquit,  O  ffcmo,  fi  IJlud  eft 
vertim.  Quod  ioqucris,  Qjjid 
0/wj  eft  Ti3«  Teftibus? 
Ecce  Rhodium  !  Ecce  hie 
Certamen  faliendi  ! 

MOR. 

Hasc  Falula  indicat, 
quod,  ubi  vera  Teftiinonia 
adfunt,  eft  n/'A/V  Opus 
Pcrbis. 


Of  the  BOASTER. 

A  Certain  Man  having  travel- 
led    a    long     while,     when 
He        was         returned          Home 
again,  loth  boafting 

told  many  other  Things  carried  on 
by  Him  manfully  in  divers  Re- 
gions, and  truly  That  efpeci- 
ally,  that  at  Rhodes  He  had  ex- 
celled All  in  leaping  \  that  tkeRho- 
dians,  Who  had  teen  prefent,  were 
IVitncJjes  of  the  fame  Thing  : 
One  of  Them, 

Who  ivere  prefcnt,  anfwering  him 
fait/,  O  Man,  if  7^<7/  is 
true,  Which  you  fpsak,  What 
Need  is  there  /o  7"ou  of  Witneffes  ? 
Behold  a  Rhodian  !  Btkeld  here 
<?  Trnz/  of  leaping. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows, 

that,     where  /r«^  Teflimonies 

are  prefent,  there  is  no  Need 
of  Words. 


FABLE 

CLX1X. 

De  Viro  tent  ante 

Of  the  Man  tempting 

Apollinem. 

Apollo. 

Q 


Uidam  facinorcfus  Vir 
contulit     Se      Delfhos 
tentaturus       dpoltinem,       & 


Pafierculum       /«i 
Pallio.     .<2»flB    tenebat  fuo 
Pugno, 


A  Certain         wicked         Mar. 
betook  Himfclf   to    Delpho: 
about    to    tempt      Apollo,      and 
having        a         Sparrow         under 
his  Cloak,  Which  He  held  in  hh 
Fift, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.        125 


Ptigno,  £5*  accedens  ad 
Tripodas,  interrogabat  Eum 
dicens i  Quod  habeo  in  med 
Dextra,  vivitne,  an  ejl 
mortuum  ?  Prolaturus  Paf- 
ferculum  vivum,  fi  Ills  re- 
fpondifiet,  mortuum  :  rurfus 
prolaturus  mortuum,  ft 
refpondiflet,  vivum  ;  etenim 
occidiffct  Eum  Jlatim 
fub  Pallia  clam,  privfqitam 
proferret.  At  Deus, 
intelligent  fnbdolam  Calli- 
ditatem  Hominis,  dixil, 
O  ConfuJtor,  facito  Utrum 
mavis  facer e  ; 

ctenira  ejl  penes  Te  ;  £3* 
proferto  Jive  vivum,  Jive 
mortuum,  Quod  habes  in 
tuis  Manil/us. 

MOR. 

Haec  F alula  inn  lift,  M'- 
hil  latcre,  neque  fallerc 
divinam  Men  tern. 


Fift,  and          going  to 

the  Trevet,  He  afied  Him 
faying.  What  /  have  in  my 
Right  Hand,  livetb  it,  or  is  it 
dead?  About  to  pluck  forth  theSpar- 
row  alive  t  if  He  had  an- 
fwered,  dead  :  again 

a  If  out  to  pluck  it  forth  dead,  if 
He  had  anfwertd,  alive  ;  for 
He  would  have  killed  It  prefently 
under  the  Cloak  privily,  lefort  that 
He  plucked  it  out.  But  tlie  God, 
undemanding  the  deceitful  Craf- 
tinefs  of  the  Man,  /«//, 
O  Confulter,  do  Thou  Whether 
Thou  art  more  willing  to  do  ; 
for  ;'/  is  in  the  Power  of  T/>ce  ;  ana 
pluck  out  either  »  alive,  or 
dead,  What  Thou  haft  in 
thy  /AWj. 

MOR. 

This  FaWe  hints,  //R/ai  No- 
thing lies  hid  from,  nor  deceives 
the  divine  Mind. 


FABLE      CLXX. 

De  Pifcatore  Of  Snaaride.       Of  the  Fifherman  an</  the  Sprat. 


/~\Uu3am  Pifcator,  Retibus 
^^^  dimi/Jis  in  Mare, 
extulit  pufillam  Smaridem, 
^«^  He  obfecrabat  Pifcato- 
rem  ;  Noli  capere  Me  tarn 
pufillam  in  pmfentid  ;  fine 
Me  abire  £f  crcfcere 
ut  poftea  psiiaris 

Me  ^if    adulta    cum    tnajori 
Commodo.          Cut        PiJ'ca- 
cor 


A  Certain  Ft/herman,  his  Nets 
&?///£•  /<;/  i/own  into  the  Sec, 
brought  out  a  fmall  Sprat, 
Which  thus  befuught  the  Fifher- 
man; Be  not  'willing  to  take  Me  fo 
little  at  prefent  ;  fuffcr 
Tkf^  to  go  away,  and  to  grow, 
that  afterwards  Thou  mavjl  obtain 
Me  fo  grow  a  up  with  greater 
Advantage*  To  whom  the  Fifh- 
erman 


126       SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 


ter  inquit,     Fero  Ego  ejfem  erman    faid,    But     I    ftould     be 

amens,        Ji         omitterem  mad,       if       I        fhould       omit 

Lucrum  licet  exiguum,  Qjiod  a     Gain     altho'     fmall,     Which 

habeo    inter    meas     Maims,  I     have      between      my     Hands, 

Spc            futuri             Boni  for  the   Hope  of  a  future   Good 

yuamvls  magni.  a/fko'  great. 

MOR.  MOR. 

HxcFabu/a    indicat  Eum  This         Fable        fiiov/s        Him 

efle    Jlolidum,     Qui    fropter  to       be      fooll/b,        Who      for 

Sjpcm       niajoris      Commodi  Hope     of   a    greater    Advantage 

non       ampleSitur      Rem      $5*  does     not    embrace    a    Thing     both 

praefcntem  £ff  ccrtam,    licet  prefent     and      certain,     although 

pnrvam.  fmall. 


FABLE     CLXXI. 


jDe  Equo  y  Afino. 


Vtr  habebat 
Equu;n  &  Afinum  ; 
autem  dum  faciunt  Iter, 
Afinus  inquit  Eqno,  Si 
vis,  Me  efle  falvum, 
leva  /f/tf  Parte  met  Oneris  : 
Equo  non  obfequente  Jllius 
J^criis,  Afnuis  eadetis  Tub 
Onifr^  tnoritur.  Tw«t  Do- 
minus  jfumenterum  imponit 
Equo  oranes  Sarcinas, 
Q^uas  S/Jinuf  portabat,  W 
fimul  Corium,  Quod 
exuerat  a  roor/wo 

Afino  :  ^ao          Onere 

Equui  deprefius  £5*  gemens 
i«jat/,  Vae  -/T//7j;  infclicifii- 
mo  'Jumtntorum  /  Q^iid 
//fl/«  cvenit  mifero 

Mihi  !  A^OT  recufans 
farttn:,  nuns  ^cr/o  totum 


O/ the  Horfe  «««/  the  Afs. 

A  Certain  A/an  had 

a  /Tflr/f  and  an  Afs  ; 
but  whiljl  they  make  a  Journey, 
the  Afs  y<2)'j  to  the  Horfe,  If 
You  are  willing,  that  I  be  /«/"?, 
lighten  Tiff  of  a  Part  of  my  Burden  : 
The  Horfe  not  obeying  His 
Words,  the  Afs  falling  under 
//k  Burden  dies.  T^«  the  Ma- 
fter  <»/"  /Af  ^a^j  puts  on 
the  Horfe  all  the  Packs, 
Which  the  Afs  carried,  and 
at  the  fame  Time  the  Hide,  Which 
He  kadjlripped  off  from  the  dead 
Afs  :  With  which  Burden 
the  Horfe  depreffcd  and  groaning 
faid,  Woe  to  Me  moft  un- 
happy of  Beajls  !  What 
an  Evil  has  happened  to  <wretched 
Me  !  For  refilling 

a  Partf  now  /  carry  the   whole 


Onus,      Si 
Corium. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.       127 

infufer       Illius     Burden^        and       moreover        his 


Illius     Burden> 
Hide. 


MOR. 


Hsec       Fabula       innult, 


This 


MOR. 
Fable 


hint?, 


majores     debere    effe     Parti-     that  the  greater  ought   to  be  Par- 
cipes    in   minoribus   Lubori-     takers       in      the        lefler       La- 


btts,          ut 

incolumes. 


Ut, 


77; 


Cnt 


boars 
fofi- 


that      Both      may      be 


FABLE     CLXXII. 


De  TUBICISE. 

QUidam  Tubicen,  inter- 
ceptus  ab  Hoftibus  in 
Militia,  proclamabat  ad  Eost 
(3iii  circamjijlebant,  O  Viri% 
Nolite  Deciders  Me  innocuum 
8c  infonlem  ;  etenim  nun- 
quam  occidi  Ullum  ;  quippe 
habev  Nihil  aliud,  quam 
hanc  Tnbanft.  Ad  Quem 
Illi  refponderunt  vicij/im 
cum  Clamore ;  Veto  "Tu 
trticidabcria  magis  hoc 
*Pf°  *  quod  rim 

Tu  Ipfe  nequeas 

Jimicare,        potes       im/ellere 
Csteros  aJ  Certamen. 

MOR. 

HSEC  Fabula  innuit, 
y«^  peccant  prater  csteros, 
-Q^ii  perfuadent  malis  £ff 
improbis  Principibus  ad 
agendum  inique. 


O/"  the.  TRUMPETER. 

A  Certain  Tramfeler,  ta- 
ken 3y  the  Enemies  in 
the  War,  trW  oaf  to  Them, 
Who  y?oo</  about,  O  A/^n, 
Be  not  willing  to  kill  Me  harntlefs 
and  innocent  ;  for  n<r- 

r#r  have  1  killed  any  On?  ;  for 
/  have  Nothing  elfe,  than. 
this  Trumpet.  To-  Whom. 

They  a  n  f  we  red  in  Turn 
with  a  Noife  ;  But  Thou 
/halt  be  flain  rather  on  this 
/a»n<?  Account  ;  becaufe  when 
"Thou  Thyfelf  can'ft  not 
j%£/,  Thou  art  able  to  drive 
the  Reft  /o  the  Engagement. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  hint*, 

that  They  fin  beyond  Others, 
Who  perfuade  bad  and 
wicked  Princes  to 

a3  wnjudly. 


FABLE 


123        SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 
FABLE     CLXXIII. 


De  Vaticinatore. 

Vdticinator     fedens      in 
Foro  fertnocinabatur  ; 
Cui        Shtidam       denunciat, 
Ejus     Fores     effe     effraclas, 
£3*  Omnia  direpta, 

Quae  fuifftnt  in  Domo. 
Vaticinator,  generis  & 
proper  ans  Curfu,  recipiebat 
Se  Domum  :  Quern 

§>uidam  iutuens  cur- 
rentem,  inquit,  0  T\),  £>ui 
promittis,  Te  divinaturum 
aliena  Negotia,  certe  Ipfe 
non  divina/li  tua. 

MOR. 

Hasc  Falitla  fpciSat  ad 
Eos,  Qui  non  rede  ad- 
nHniltraiites  yL^/  Res, 
conantur  providcre  & 
confulere  sJi'.cnis,  QjJse 
non  pertinent  ad  £oj-. 


Of  the  Fortune-teller. 

A  Fortune -teller  fitting  in 
the  Market  difcourfed ; 
To  whom  <}«*  declares, 
Ma/  bis  Doors  were  broke  open, 
and  all  Things  taken  atuayt 
Which  had  been  in  the  Houfe. 
The  Fortune-teller,  Jtglnng  and 
hafting  in  his  Pace,  betook 
Himfelf  .fiW  .-  Whom 

a  certain  Man  perceiving  run- 
ning, ("aid,  0  Thou,  /Pfo 
promifelt,  that  Thou  wilt  divine 
cr/jfrj'  Affairs,  furely  Thyfclf 
bajl  not  divined  thine  own. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  looks  to 
Them,  Who,  not  rightly  ad- 
minillering  *A«'r  oiun  Affairs, 
endeavour  to  forefee  and 
co  nf u  it  'for  other  Men's  t  \Vhich 
do  not  belong  to  Them. 


FABLE     CLXXIV. 


De  Puero  &  Matre. 


QUidam   /"ufr  in   Schold 
furaius  Libellum, 

attulit  yi/<f  Matri  ;  a 
Qua  non  caftigatus,  quo- 
tidie  furabatur  magis  atque 
rnagis  ;  Autem  ProgreJJu 
Temporis  ccepit  furari 
majcra.  Tandem  depre- 
henfus 


0/"the  Boy  and  his  Mother. 

A   Certain     Boy     in       School 
having  ftolen  a  little  Book, 
brought     it    to   his    Mother   ;    by 
Whom   not  being   chaftifed,   dai- 
ly        He       ftolc       more        and 
more  ;          But          in        Progrefs 
of     Time     He     began     to     fleat 
greater  Things.      At  laft  being  ap- 
prehended 


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henfus  a  Magiftratu,  diice- 
batur  ad  Supplicium.  Fero 
Mat  re  fequente,  ac  •vocij'e- 
rante,  Ille  rogavit,  ut  llce- 
r:t  Sibi  loqui  paulifper  cum 
Ea  ad  Aurem.  Illo  per- 
mi  flb,  £3*  Matie  proper  ante, 
&  admovente  Aurem  W  Os 
Filii,  evdlfit  Slitrifulam 
Matrts  fuis  Dentibus. 
Cum  Mater,  &  cseteri, 
£>ui  adftabant,  increparent 
Eum,  non  modo  ut  Furem, 
fed  etiam,  ut  impinm  in 
fuam  Parentem,  inquit,  H<ec 
fuit  Caufa  tnei  Exitii  ; 
etenim  Ji  caftigaffet  Me  ob 
Libtllum,  Q^iem  furatus  fum 
prius,  fecijftm  Nil  ultefius  ; 
mine  due  or  ad  Supplicium. 


prebended  by  tbeMagi/irate,  He  was 
led  /o  Punifhmcnt.  But 
the  Mother  following,  and  crying, 
He  a/bed,  that  ;'/  m/f/fo  ^  /a-a;- 
_/«/  for  Him  /o  j^ea^  a  little  ivitk 
Her  r«  her  Ear.  He  being  per- 
mitted,  an</  the  Mother  haftening, 
and  moving  her  Ear  to  tht  Mouth 
of  the  Son,  He  tore  off  the  Ear 
of  his  Mother  ivith  his  Teeth. 
IV hen  the  Mother  and  the  Others, 
Who  flood  about,  blamed 
Him,  not  only  oj  a  Thief, 
but  alfo,  aj  impious  to 
his  Parent,  He  faid,  Sta 
was  the  Caufe  of  my  Dejlrufiion  ; 
for  //She  had  chaftifed  Me  for 
f/k  /////tf  5oo^,  Whifh  /  /<?/; 
fir  ft,  /  had  done  Nothing  further  ; 
now  /  am  led  to  Punijhment. 


Hxc 

quod 


MOR.  •  MOR. 

Fabula       indicat,          This  Fable 


/hows, 


non    coercentur     that  They  Who  are  not    rejirained 


inter        Inltia         peccandi, 
evadunt  ad  majorq  Flagitia. 


at      the    Beginnings     of      intinor, 
go  on  to  greater  Crimes. 


FABLE     CLXXV. 

De  Hircis  &f  Capellis.          0/thcHeGoats0n</theSheGoats, 


CU  M  Capellm  obtmu- 
iflent  Barbam  a  Jove, 
Hirci  caperunt  offendi, 
qula  Mulieres  haberent 
parem  Honorem  cum  Eis. 
Jupiter  inquit,  Sinite  Illas 
frui  vana  Gloria,  £3* 
ufurparc  Ornatum  veftra: 


WWEKtheSkeGoats  had  ob- 
tained aBeardfvom  Jupiter, 
the  He-Goats^anto  be  offended, 
becaufe  the  Females  /5a</ 
equal  Honour  with  !TA<fw. 
Jupiter  yi/V,  Suffer  ye  Them 
to  enjoy  /^  vain  Glory,  and 
to  ufurp  the  Ornament  of  your 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


Dignitat'is,    dum    non    equent     Dignity,    whilft  They  do  not   equal 
veftram   Vtrtutem.  your   Virtue. 

MOR. 

This     Fable       teaches      j"heet 
that  thou  mafjlbear  Thofe  to  ufurp 
_  thy         Ornament ,          Who        arc 

inferiores  Tibi  in  yirtute.          inferiors  to  Thee  in  Virtue. 


MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  cdocet  7V, 
ut  feras  Illos  ufurpare 
tuum  Ornatum,  Qui  funt 


FABLE      CLXXVI. 


De   Filio  cujufdam    Senis 
Sif  Leone. 


.Uidam  &»zcr   habebat 

unicum    Filium    gcr.t- 

jpiritus, 


Q 

rg^  Spiritus,  $5f  Amatorem 
'venaticorum  Canum.  Viderat 
Hunc  per  Quictem  trucidart 
a  Leone.  Igitur  terrifus, 
ne  _/or/^  aliquando  Eventus 
fequeretur  hoc  Somnium, 
extruxit  quandam  polit-if]:- 
mam,  &  amcnifjimam 
Dom«ni  ;  inducens  Filium 
Z//WT,  affiduus  Cujlos  ade- 
rat  ////.  Depinxerat 

Domo  omne  Genus  Ani- 
malium  ad  Deledlationern 
Filu,  cum  Quibus  etiam 
Leonem.  Adolefcens  in- 
fpiciens  H^c,  contrahebat 
Moleftiam  Eo  magi  3. 
Autem  quod  am  Tempore, 
adftans  prcpius  Leoni, 
inquitt  O  truculent  i/Jima 
Fera,  affervor  in  hac 
Domo  proptcr  inane 
Somnium  met  Patris :  Quid 
faciam  Tibi  ?  Et  it  a  di- 
cens, 


0/"thc  Son   of  a   certain  old  Man 
and  a  Lion. 


A 


Certain     elderly     Man 
an    only  Son    o/"    a 


had 


rous  Spirit,  and  a  Lover 
of  bunting  Dogs.  He  tad  fee* 
Him  in  a  Dream  to  be  hilled 
by  a  Lion.  Therefore  afraid, 
left  by  Chance  fornetime  an  Evert 
fhould  follow  this  Dream, 
He  built  a  certain  very 
fine,  and  mojl  pleafant 

Ho  life  ;  bringing  his  Son 
thither,  a  daily  Guardian  was  pre- 
fent  to  Him.  He  had  painted 
in  the  Houfe  every  Kind  of  Ani- 
mal? for  the  Delight 
of  his  Son,,  with  Urh':ch  alfo 
a  jL/cn.  The  Youth  /oo>£- 
f'/?f  OK  thefe  Things,  contraSed 
Trouble  by  fo  much  the  more. 
But  on  a  certain  TVw, 
ftanding  nearer  to  the  Lion, 
flfe  /rt/V,  O  moft  cruel 
wild  Bead,  /  am  hj>t  up  in  this 
Honfe  for  a  vain 

Dream    of    my     Father  :      What 
(hall  I  do  /a  Thee  ?    And  >  fay- 
ing, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.       131 


cent,  incujjit  Manum 
Parieti,  volens  truer  e 

Oculum  Leonis,  &  offende- 
bat  in  Clavo>  Qtii  latebat 
illic,  qua  Percuffione 
Manus  emarcuit,  &  Sanies 
fuccrevit,  &  Febris  fubfc- 
cuta  eft,  £3"  brcvi  Tempore 
raortmis  eft.  Ita  Leo 
occ'idlt  Adolcfcentem,  Artt 
Patris  jvvante  Nihil. 

MOR. 

HJCC  Fabitla  indicat, 
Neminctn  poffe  dcvitarc 
$ht<g  funt  Ventura. 


ing,  He  Jlrucli  his  Hand 
on  the  l¥allt  willing  to  pluck  out 
the  Eye  of  the  Lion,  and  Us  hit 
it  on  a  Nail,  Which  lai  hid 
there,  with  which  Blow 
the  'Hand  rankled,  and  the  Matter 
grew  undtr,  and  a  Fever  fol- 
lowed, and  in  a  (hurt  Time 
He  died.  Thus  the  Lioa 
killed  the  Youth,  the  Art 
of  the  Father  availing  Nothing. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows, 

that    no    Man    is    able  to    avoid 

thofe  Things  Which   arc  to  come. 


FABLE     CLXXVII. 


De  Vulpe  £*  Rubo. 

VUlpes,     cum    afcende- 
ret    quondam   Sepem, 
ut          vitaret         Periculum 
gtuod  yjdebat  imminere  Sibi, 
comprehendit  Rubum 

Manibus,  atquc  perfodit 
Volam  Senti- 

tus  ;  Sc  cum  foret 
faucia  graviter,  inquit,  ge- 
raens,  Rule,  Citm  confuge- 
rim  ad  Te,  lit  juve- 
ris  Me,  Tu  nocuifli 
Mihi.  Cut  Rubus  aitt 
Vul^pes,  errdjiiy  Qjuae 
pittajll  capere  Me  pa- 
ri  Dolo  quo  confuevi- 
Jli  capere  cetera. 


Of  the  Fox  and  the  Bramble, 

THE  Fox,  when  She  got  up 
upon  a  certain  Hedge, 
that  She  might  avoid  a  Danger 
Which  She  faw  to  hang  over  Her, 
catched  hold  of  a  Bramble 
with  her  Hands,  and  pricked 
the  Hollow  of  her  Hand  with  the 
Thorns ;  and  when  She  was 
wounded grievoufly, /he faid,  groan- 
ing, to  the  Bramble,  When  I  have 
fled  to  Thee,  that  Thou  mightejl 
have  helped  Me,  Thou  haft  hurt 
Me..  To  whom  the  Bramble  fays, 
O  Fox,  Thou  haft  erred.  Who 
hajl  thought  to  take  Me  with  the 
like  Deceit  with  which  Thou  hajl 
tifed  to  take  other  Things. 

MOR, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP. 


MOR. 

Fabula    ftgnificatt      quod 
fjl          ft  u  It  u  m  implorarc 

Auxilium  ah  Illis,  Quibus 
eit  datum  a  Naturti  potius 
obifft,  quam  prodcjft. 


MOR. 

The  Fable  fignijit;,  that 
it  is  a  foolifh  Thing  to  implore 
Help  from  Them,  to  IVbom 
it  is  given  by  Nature  rather 
to  hurt,  than  to  profit. 


FABLE     CLXXVIII. 


Z)<f  Vulpe  £5"  CrOcodilo.          0/"the  Fox  aK<i  the  Crocodile. 


VUlpes     tf   Crocodilus 
contendebant  de 

Nobilitate.        Cum     Crococli- 
,'vs     adduce  ret    Malta    pro 
.SV,          &         /</c?rt/- 
/w^ra  Mod  urn  </<; 

Splendore  fuorum  Proge- 
nitorum  ;  Vldpti  fubridsus, 
alt  Ei,  Hens,  Amice, 
r^  quidem  Tu  non  dix- 
eris  f/Gf,  apparet 

dare  ex  /««>  Corio,  quid  jam 
inultis  Annis  fu'fii  de- 
nudatus  Splendore  tiwrum 
Progenitor  urn. 

MOR. 

Fabula  fignificat,  quod 
/?«•  ipfa  potif/imuTH  rcfellit 
r,t>u/ncei  Homines. 


THE  Fox  and  the  Crocodile 
contended  concerning 

their  Nobility.  When  /£f  Cnwro- 
dlle  brought  many  Things  for 
Himfelf,  and  foo^^  Himfelf 
beyond  Meafure  concerning 

the  Splendoun  o/  7^V  Ance- 
ftors  ;  ^  .Fax  fmiling, 
yi/V  to  Him,  So  Ho,  Friend, 
although  indeed  Thou  hadft  not 
"have  faid  Th'u,  it  appears 
clearly  by  thy  Skin,  /Aa/  now 
fflony  Years  Thou  kafl  bten  de- 
prived of  ike  Splendour  of  thy 
Ancejlors, 


MCR. 

The      Fable 
?    Thing     iifelf 
'»?  Men. 


that 
refutes 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JBSOP, 


FABLE     CLXXIX. 

De  Vulpe   &?   Venatoribus.         Of  the  Fox  and  the  Hunters. 

VUlpes,     effugiens     Ve- 
natores,  ac  jam  defeja 
currendo         per  Viam, 

Cafu  reperit  Lignatorcm, 
Quern  rogat,  ut  abfcondat 
Se  in  quoquo  Loco.  Ille 
cflendit  Te&orium  ;  Vulpes 
ingrediens  Idt  abfcondit  St 
in  qvodam  Angnlo.  Vena- 
tores  adveniunt,  rogant 
JLignatorcm,  Jt  videret 
Vulpem.  Lignalor  negat 
Verb^s  quidem,  Se  vi- 
diflfe  ;  verb  oRendit 

Locum  Manu,  til/i 

Vulpes  latebat  ;  vero  Vena- 
tores,  Re  nofi  percep- 
ta,  Jlatim  abetint. 

Vulpes  t  ut  profpidt 

Illos          alitffet  cgrcdi- 

cns  TeSoriot  rccedit  tacite. 
Lignator  criminatur 

Vulpem,  quod,  cum  fecerit 
Eutn  fa/vum,  ageret  Nihil 
Gratiarum  Sibi.  Tune 

Vulpes,  convertens  Se,  ait 
tacite  ////,  Heus,  4micet 
fi  haluiffes  Opera 

Manuum,  &  Mores  fimiles 
tuts  Verbis,  perfolwrem 
intritas  Gratias  Tibi. 

MOR. 

Fabula  fignijlcat,  quod 
nequam  Homo,  etjl  polli- 
cetur  bona,  tamen  pra- 
Jlat  mala  &?  improba. 


THE  Tcox.Jtyingfromtht  Hun  - 
ters,  «7zr/  now  tired 
with  running  rt/ow^-  the  Way, 
by  Chance  found  a  Wood-  Cutter •, 
Whom  A'if  <7/£,r,  that  //^  m^1  />.'V/tf 
Himfelf  in  any  Place.  He 
flowed  the  Cottage;,  7""Ae  jFo.v 
entering  //,  hides  Himfelf 
in  a  certain  Corner.  7"^^  ^i/»- 
/fTj  coir.e  up,  /ry.c 

the  Wood- Cutter,  if  He  fa'w 
the  Fox.  The  Wood-Cutter  denies 
in  Words  indeed,  that  He  had 
fccn  Him  ;  Ivt  He  fliowed 
thfi  Piace  with  his  Hand,  Wv/: 
the  Fox  /i?v  £;V ;  but  /Af  //a«- 
/^rj-,  the  Thing  not  being  per- 
ceived, immediately  go  away. 
The  Fox,  as  foon  as  //£  perceiv;  • 
I'licnri  /o  ^^  ^ ?/?f  away,  comniP" 
out  of /.^  Cottage,  rellres/t/tnt/j. 
The  Wood-Cutter  accufe^ 
the  Fox,  //>«/,  when  //^  liMvnade 
Hi  in  y«/f»  He  gave  n« 
Thanks  to  Him.  7"7;rr, 

the  Fox,  turning  Himfelf,  favs 
foftly  to  Him,  Hark  ye,  Frienri, 
if  thou  would]]  have  had  the  AV 
of  thy  Hands,  and  thy  Morals  likf. 
/o  /-6y  Words,  /  would  pav 
the  deferved  Thanh  to  thee. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  fignifies,  that 
a  wicked  Man,  aliho'  He  pro- 
mifes  good  Things,  yet  //e  />.;•- 
farmetk  bad  <j«r/  wicked  Things. 

FAB  L  E 


i34      SELECT  FABLES  OF  &SOP. 
FABLE     CLXXX. 


De  Cane  vocato  ad 
Canam. 

Uidam  Fir,  cum  pa- 
t  opiparam  Ca- 
nam,  voeavit  qucndam 
Amicum  Domum  ;  Ejus 
Canis  quoque  invitavit 
Canem  dlterius  ad  Ca- 
nam.  Canis  ingrejfus, 

cum  vidertt  tantas  Dopes 
apparatas,  latut,  ait  Secum, 
Sane  txplelo  Me  ita  hodie, 
qnod  non  indigebo  comedere 
eras.  fVro  Cpquus 

tor  l~p'  dent,  tacitus  cefit  per 
Caudam,  atque  rotans 
terque  quaterquc,  projecit 
Ilium  per  Feneftram.  Ille 
attonitus  affurgens  Jfumo, 
dum  yi/^/V  clamans,  cfteri 
Canes  accurrunt  Ei,  atque 
rogant,  quam  opipare  cte- 
naverit  :  At  Ille  languens 
ait,  Ita  cxplcvi  Me 
Pc/w  &  Dapibus,  quod 


Viam. 


MOR. 


Of  the  Dog  invited  to 
Supper. 

A  Certain  Man,  when  /& 
had  prepared  z  dainty  Sup- 
per, invited  a  certain 
Friend  Home  ;  His 
Dog  alfo  invited 
the  Dog  cf 'the  other  Man  to  Sup- 
per. The  Dog  having  entered, 
when  .//<?  yiew  fo  great  Dainties 
prepared  joyful,  fays  with  Himfelf, 
Truly  //to/////  Myfelf  >To-Day, 
that  I  {hall  not  want  to  eat 
To-morrow.  But  the  Cook 
feeing  Him,  filent  foo>£  Him  by 
/£*  7a//,  and  whirling  Him 
both  three  and  four  Times,  threw 
Him  thro'  //k  Window.  He 
amazed  rifing  up  from  the  Ground, 
whilll  He  Jlies  crying,  the  other 
Dogs  run  up  to  Him,  and 
afk,  how  daintily  He  had  fup- 
ped  :  But  He  languifhing 
fays,  So  have  I  filed  Myfelf 
•with  Drink  and  Dainties,  that, 
wA#i  I  came  out,  /  faw  not 
the  Way. 

MOR. 


Fabula  Jignificat,  mul-  The  Fable  Jignifies,  that  many 
ta  cadere  inter  Cal'icem  Things  /a//  between  the  Cup 
Sc  Labra.  and  the  Lips. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP. 
FABLE     CLXXXI. 


135 


De  Aquila  &  Homine. 

CUM      quidam      Homo 
cepiffet  Aquilam, 

Pennis  Alarum 

avuljis  Ei,  dimijlt 

Earn  morart  inter  Gallinas. 
Peinde  Quidam,  merca- 
tus,  munlt  Alas 

Pennis  :  turn  Aquila 
volans  capit  Leporem,  Csf 
fert  Ilium  fuo  BenefaBor'i. 
Q^uam  Rem  Vulpes  con/pi- 
dens,  ait  Homini,  No- 
li habere  hanc  Aquilam 
Hofpitio,  tie  venetur 
Te,  aeque  ac  Leporem. 
Turn  Homo  item  emlfit 
Pennas  Aquihe. 

MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  fignificat,  quod 
Benefaftores  quiJem  funt 
remunerandi,  vero  improbi 
omnino  vitandi. 


Of  the  Eagle  and  the  Man. 

WHEN  a  certain  Man 
had  taken  an  Eagle, 
the  Feathers  of  the  Wings 
being  plucked  from  Her,  He  difmi/fed 
Her  to  dwell  among  the  Hens. 
Afterwards  a  certain  Man,  having 
purchafcd  Her,ybr///?fj  her  Wings 
•with  Feathers  :  then  the  Eagle 
flying  takes  a  Hare,  and 
bears  Him  to  her  Benefaftor* 
Which  Thing  a  Fox  perceiv- 
ing, He  fays/o  the  Man,  Be  un- 
willing to  have  this  Eagle 
in  Entertainment,  left  She  hunt 
Thee,  as  well  as  the  Hare. 
Then  the  Man  alfo  plucked  off 
the  Feathers  from  the  Eagle. 


MOR. 


that 


This       Fable     fignifies, 
Benefa&ors  indeed  are 

to  be  requited,    but  the  Wicked 
altogether  to  be  avoided. 


FABLE     CLXXXII. 

De  Agricola.  Of  the  Hufbandman. 


QUidam  Homo,  exiftens 
Agricola^     cum     cog- 
nofceret          adeffe  Finem 

Vitas  Sibi,  &  cuperet  Filios 
fieri  pcritos  in  Cultu 
sfgrortim,  vocavit  Eos,  atq; 
i«yt//V,  Filii,  Ego  decedo  e 
Vita  ; 


A  Certain         Man,        being 
a     Hujbandman^  when  He 
knew  that     there     was    an    End 
of  Life  to  Him,  and  defired  his  Sons 
fo  tarome    fkilful  in    the    Tilling 
Lands,     called     7^«»,     and 
O    Sons,    /  depart   out   of 
Life ; 


136      SELECT  FABLES  OF 


Vita  ;  cmnia  mea  Bona  funt 
con/ita  in  Vined.  I  ill,  pofl 
Obitum  Patris,  putantes 
refer  ire  hunc  Thefaurum  in 
Vinsd,  Ligonibus,  Marris, 
ac  Bidentibus  fumptis,  fun- 
ditus  effodiunt  V'msam,  & 
non  inveniunt  Thefaurum  ; 
vero,  cum  Vinea  full  probe 
effojfa,  produxit  longe  plures 
Frudus  foli  to,  atq;  fecit 
Illoj  divitcs. 

•        MOR. 

Hsc  Fabula  figniiicat, 
quod  affidnus  Labor  paiic 
Thefaurum, 


Life  }  all  uiy  Goods  are 
placed  in  the  Vineyard.  They,  after 
the  Death  of  the  Father,  thinking 
to  find  this  Treafnre  in 
the  Vineyard,  Spades,  Mattocks, 
and  Prongs  being  taken,  entire- 
ty dig  up  the  Vineyard,  and 
do  not  find  the  Trcafure  ; 
but,  when  the  Vine  ivas  well 
dug  upt  it  produced  />j  far  more 
Fruits  than  ufual,  ant/  made 
rich. 


MOR. 

This  FaLIe  fignifies, 

that  daily  Labour   bringeth   furtli 
Treofurt. 


FABLE     CLXXXIII. 


De  quod  am   Pifcatere. 

QUidarn  Pifcator  inex- 
pert us  pifcandi)  Reti 
ac  i'ibiis  ajfumptti,  accedit 
juxta  Littus  Marts,  atq; 
fuperexi/lens  quodam  Saxo 
cospit  imprimis  tubicinate, 
fntans,  Se  capturum  ej/e 
Pifcesfaci/e  Cantu  ;  veriim 
cum  ccnfeqverttur  mil  I  urn 
EJfefium  Cantu,  Tibiit 
depofitis,  dimifit 

Rete  in  Marc,  ac  cepit 
ferplures  Pifces  ;  fed  cum 
extraheret  Pifces  e  Reti, 
atgue  perfpiceret  Eos  fal- 
tantes,  ait  non  injahe,  O 
improba  Animalia,  cum  tu- 
bicinarem,  noluiflis  faltare  ; 


Of  a  certain  Fl/berman. 

A  Certain  Fijberman  un/lvil- 
ful  of  Fifiing,  his  Net 
<?nr/  Pipes  being  taken,  goes 
nfflr  the  Shore  of  the  Sea,  and 
Jlanding  up  on  a  certain  Rock 
He  began  a/  jfr/?  to  pipe, 
thinking,  that  He  ftould  take 
Fifties  M/F/y  with  a  Tune  ;  but 
when  He  obtained  no 

£^#  with  a  Tune,  /&  P/>J 
being  laid  down,  He  1st  down 
the  Net  into  the  Sea,  and  took 
wry  ma«y  Fifties  ;  but  when 
/fc  </rfw  the  Fifties  out  of  the  Net, 
and  perceived  Them  dan- 
cing, He  fays,  not  unwittilj,  O 
wicked  Animals,  w^/  I  pip- 
ed, Te  were  unwilling  to  dance  ; 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.       137 


nunc   quia    cejfo    tubicinare,     now    becaufc    /   ceafe    to    pipe, 
faltatis  continue.  Te  dance   continually. 


MoST. 

Ha!C  Fabula   docet, 
Omnia    fi  unt 
fiunt  fuo  Tempon. 


MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows,  that 
All  Things  are  done  we/!,  Which 
are  done  in  their  own  Seafon. 


FABLE     CLXXXIV. 


De  quibufdam    Pifcatoribus. 

PIfcatore«  profeB't 

pifcatum,  fcf  defeffi 
pifcando  diu,  pneterea 
opprefli  Fame  &  Mcerore, 
quod  ceptffent  Nihil, 

turn  decernant  abire, 
eccc,  quidam  Pifcis  fugiens 
Aliam  infequentem  Se  fallat 
in  Naviculam.  Pikatores 
admodam  Iseti  comprehendunt 
Ilium,  ac  vend  unt  in 
Urbc  grandi  Pretio. 

MOR. 

Hacc  Fabula  indicat, 
quod  Fortuna  exhibet  Id 
frequentius,  Quod  Art  noil 

poteft     ' 


Of  certain  Fijlermen. 

FIrtiermen  having  gone 
to  fifh,  fl«</  tired 
with  Jl/hing  a  long  while,  befidcs 
oppreffcd  tuith  Hunger  and  Grief, 
becaufe  They  had  taken  Nothing, 
•when  They  refolve  to  go  a-way, 
behold,  a  certain  Fifh  jflying 
another  purfuing  Him  leaps 
into  the  Boat.  The  Fifhertnea 
very  joyful  take 

Him,  and  fell  Him  «"« 
the  City  at  a  great  Price. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliowg, 

/£af  Fortune  offers  That 
very  frequently,  Which  Art  is  not 
able  /0  efed. 


FABLE 


138       SELECT  FABLES  OF 


FABLE     CLXXXV. 


De  Inope  £5"  infirmo. 

QUidam    Pauper  $    cum 
agrotaret,  vovit 

Z)w,  quod,  Ji  liberare- 
tur  ab  co  Morle,  immo- 
laret  centum  Boves. 

£>uod  Dii  volentes  experiri, 
facile  reddunt  Sanitatem  Illi. 
Igitur  liber  a  Motbo, 
cum  non  haberet  Boves, 
quia  erat  pauper,  colle- 
git  Ofla  centum 

Bourn,  fc?  deponens 
yi//<?r  Altare,  inquit,  Ecce, 
nwnc  pevfplvo  Votum,  Quod 
*OT>/  Vobis.  -D«  audi- 
entes  Hoc  alfiftunt  El  in 
Somniis,  atq;  inguiunf,  per- 
gito  orf  Littus  Marts  ; 
etenim  ill  reperies  cen- 
tum Talenta  Auri  fcmoto 
Loco.  Ille  expergefaSus, 
memor  Somnii,  dum 
pergit  ad  IAttust  incidit 
in  Latrones,  £>ui  fpoliant 
£5"  vcrberant  Eum. 

MOR. 

Hasc  Fabula  Indicat, 
g«o</  Mendaces  accipiant 
Pracmia  Mcndaciorum. 


Of  the  poor  and  infirm  Man. 

A  Certain  poor  Man,  when 
/fe  waj  fick  vowed 
to  the  Gods,  that,  if  He  fhonld  be 
freed  from  that  Difeafe,  He 
would  facrifice  a  hundred  Oxen. 
Which  the  Gods  ivitting  to  try, 
ffl/7/p  reftore  Health  to  Him. 
"therefore  free  /row  the  Difeafe, 
wtan  he  had  not  flk  Oxfn, 
becaufe  Atf  <zyaj  poor,  He  ga- 
thered the  Bones  ef  a  hundred 
Oxen,  and  putting  them  down 
upon  the  Altar,  He  faid,  Behold, 
now  I  pay  the  F'otv,  Which 
I  vowed  to  YcO.  The  Gods  hear- 
ing This  (land  before  him  in. 
Dreams,  and  .A?*  Go 
to  the  Shore  of  the  Sea ; 
for  there  Thou  (halt  find  a  hun- 
dred Talents  of  Gold  in  a  fecret 
Place.  He  having  arofe, 
mindful  o/"  f/k  Dream,  whild 
He  goes  on  to  the  Shore,  falls 
Thieves,  Who  rob 
beat  Him. 


MOR. 


This 
A^f  Liars 

the  Rewards  of  Lies, 


(hows, 

receive 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.       139 
FABLE     CLXXXVL 


De  Pifcatoribus. 

QUIDAM  Pifcatoret 
trahebant  Rete  Mari  ; 
Quod  cum  fentirent  efle 
grave,  laetabantur  magno- 
pere,  putantes  fuiffe  multos 
Pifces  ;  fed,  ut  traxif- 
fent  Rete  in  •  Terr  am, 
cum  perfpiciunt  paucos  Pifces 
quidem,  vero  ingens  Saxum 
inefTe  Red,  fiunt  trifles. 
Qmdam  ex  Illis,  jam 
grandis  JEtate,  inquit  ptu- 
denter  Sociis,  Eftote 

quietia  Animu  ;  quippe 
Maflitia  eft  Soror  Laetitiz  ; 
etenim  oportet  Nos  pro- , 
fpicere  futures  Cafus,  y 
ut  §>uis  ferat  illos 
levitii,  perfuadere  Sibi 
€fic  eventuros. 

MOR. 

Hec  Fabula  Jignificat, 
quod  §>ui  rezninifcitur 
kuman<e  Sort  is,  ajficititr 
tninirae  in  adverfis. 


Of  the  Fifhcrmen. 

CERTAIN  Ffieraen 

\^s  drtw  their  Net  out  of  the  Sea; 
Which  when  they  perceived  to  be 
heavy,  They  rejoiced  great- 
ly, thinking  that  there  were  many 
Pi/lies  ;  but,  as  foon  as  They  had 
dragged  the  Net  unto  the  Lanafr 
when  They  perceive  few  Fijhes 
indeed,  but  a  vaft  Stone 
to  be  in  the  Net,  They  become  fad. 
A  certain  One  of  Them,  now 
great  by  -Age,  fays  pru- 
dently to  his  Companions,  Be  Te 
of  quiet  Minds  ;  for 

Sorrow  is  the  Sifter  of  Gladnefs  ; 
for  it  behoYeth  Us  to  fore- 
fee  future  Mifchances,  and 
that  any  Man  may  bear  Them. 
more  lightly,  to  perfuade  Himfelf 
that  They  will  come  to  pais. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fignifies, 

that     He       who       remembereth 
human          Lot,          is 
the  Icaft  in  adverfe  Things. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 


FABLE      CLXXXVII. 


Cat  a    mut,ita 


QUaedam    Caia,     tapta 
dmcrc  cujuftam 

J'petio/t  Adoltfcentis,  oravit 
Veoerem,  ut  mutaret 
JSam  in  Fczminam.  Venus 
ntlferta  I  Hi  us  tnvtavlt  liam 
:n  Formam  Famint  ;  Qiiam, 
cum  effet  •va/a'e  forinofa, 
j4mator  adduxit  Domurh. 
Sed  ciim  fedcrent  Jimul  in 
Cu&icu/o,  Venus  volens 
cxperiti,  Jt,  Facie  mutatq, 
inutaflet  :  y  Mores, 
coii/iltult  Mure  in  in  Medi- 
um ;  £>uam  cum  Ilia 
profpesit,  oblita  Formas  £ff 
Amoris,  fcrfecuia  eft 
Murem,  vi  cape- 

ret  ;  fuper  qua  Re  Venus 
indignata,  defiuo  mutavit 
Eara  in  prioretn  Formam 
Cata;. 

MOR. 

Fabula    Jignificaft  quod 

Homot            licet  »»«//#/ 

Pcrfonam,  tamsn  retinet 
'  'dm  Mores. 


She-Cat   being  ckang 
a    Woman. 


A  Certain  Caf,  '  tsken 
•with  the  Love  of  a  certain 
leaittiful  Young  Man,  be  fought 
Vtnus,  that  She  would  change 
Her  into  a  Woman.  Venus 
having  pitxd  Her  changed  Her 
into  the  Shape  of  a  Woman  ;  Whom, 
when.  She  was  very  beatitiful, 
the  LoTcr  led  Home. 

But  ivhen  They  fat  together  in 
the  Chamber ,  Venus  willing 
to  tiy,  i/~,  the  Face  &/n?  changed^ 
She  had  changed  fl^o  her  Morale, 
plated  a  Moufe  ;"«  the  Mid- 
dle ;  Which  when  She 
faw,  having  forgot  her  Shape  <?«</ 
Love,  iSA*  pitrfued 

the  Moufe,  f&rf  She  might  take 
Her  ;  upon  which  Thing  Venus 
being  ongryt  again  changed 
Her  into  the  former  Shape 
of  a  Cat. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  Jtgntfiett  that 
a  Man,  altho*  He  may  change 
his  Perfon,  yet  rctaicf 
thtfame  Manners. 


F  A  B  L  F 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^ESOP.        141 
FABLE      CLXXXVIII. 


De  duobus    Inlmicis. 

DUO  Qu'idam  habentes 
Inimicit'ias  inter  Sc 
navigabaut  una  in  Navi. 
Et  ciim  Alter  non  paieretur 
Aherum  flare  in  eodein 
.Loco,  Units  ftdit  in  Puppi, 
Alter  in  Prord.  Autcm, 
Tempeftate  ortd,  cum 
Navis  eflVt  in  Periculo,  Qrti- 
fedebat  in  Prom  rog.it  G\.\- 
bernatorem  Navis,  Quz 
Pjrs  Navis  fcret  fubmnfa 
prliis  ;  &  cum  Gubernator 
dixifftt  Pup  pirn,  I  lie  ait, 
Mors  nunc  non  eft  adto 
mole/la  Mihi,  ft  perfpicio 
meum  Inimiciun  mori  prius. 

MOR. 

Hxc  Fabufa  redargult 
Inimicitias  Hominutn  ;  tu,n 
Inimicus  fgfius  digit 
perJere  Seipfum,  vt  per- 
dat  Inimlcum. 


Of  the   two  Enemies. 

TWO  certain  Men  having 
Enmities  between  'Themjflves 
failed  together  in  a  Ship. 
And  when  the  One  would  not  fujf'er 
the  Other  to  Jland  in  /)6c  fame 
Place,  On?  fat  a/  the  Head, 
the  Other  at  the  Stern.  But 
a  Temped  having  arofe,  when 
/,!ie  .S^i  was  ,tw  Danger,  //^  ^v^ 
i"iU  a/  the  Prow  fl/>f.r  the  Gover- 
nor o/'  //•!?  Ship,  What 
Ptir/  of  the  Ship  •would  be  funk 
^/fr/r  ;  aitd  ii-/v«  the  Pilo^ 
had  faid  the  Ster-it,  /^  fai-d, 
Death  now  /j  n^/ 
trcublefome  to  Me,  //  I  perceive 
my  Enemy  to  diejirft. 

MOR. 

This  Fall:  reprovrt 

the  Enmities  of  Men  ;  <wLcn 
one  Enemy  very  often  chpof-.-s 
to  dejlroy  Himfelf,  that  He  may 
dedroy  his  Enemy. 


FABLE     CLXXXJX. 

De  C^ne  £3"  Fabro.  Of  the  Dog  and  the  Smith. 


QUidam   Faler  habebat         \     Certain  Smith 

Canem,        Qni,      dum       /\_  a      Dog,     Which, 

Jpfc          cudebat         Fernim,  He         Jlruck  the 

dormiebat     continue)  ;      v-ero  Jlept  continually  ; 

cum        manducabat)       Canfs  when        He       eat,       the 


had 

ivhil/1 
Iron, 
but 
Dog 


fiatim     afTurgebat,     cf    fine     immediately  rofe   up,  and  without 


Mo- 


De, 


142        SELECT  FABLES  .OF  ^ESOP. 


Mora  corrodcbat  Qua 
crane  dejeSa  fub  Men/a, 
ceu  0/a,  &  Alia 
hujufmodi.  §>uam  Rem 
Faber  anlraadverteris,  ait 
"4d  Canetn,  Heus,  Mifer, 
nefcio  Qyid  faciam  ; 
Qui,  dum  cudo  Ferrum, 
dormts  continue,  £5* 

tencris  Segnitie  ;  rurfus 
cum  movco  Denies,  ftatim 
furgis,  &  applaudis  Mini 
Cauda. 

MOR. 

Fabula  Jignificat,  quod 
Socerdes  &  Somnolent!  t  Qiii 
•uivunt  ex  Lqloribus  aliorum, 
/WH*  coercendi  grav't 
Cenfura. 


Delay  gnawed  ^io/^  things  which 
were  thrown  down  under  *£<•  T^/<f, 
as  Bones,  and  c/^r  Things 
of  this  Kind.  flOWcA  Thing 
/>6f  5m//A  minding,  /^  7^^ 
to  //^<?  £)(?§•,  So  Ho,  Wretch, 
I  know  not  WAa/  I  fhall  do  ; 
Who,  whilft  /^r/^  the  Iron, 
Jleepejl  continually,  and 

art  poflefled  •with  Sloth  ;  again 
•when  I  move  my  Teeth,  prefently 
Thou  rife  ft,  and  fatterejl  Me 
with  thy  Tail. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  f'gnifies,  that 
//&e  Slothful  and  Drowfy,  Who 
AW  out  of  /^£  Labours  of  Others, 
or*  to  be  retrained  cf/'/A  <? 
Cenfurc. 


FABLE     CXC. 


De  qua  dam  Mula- 

QUsdam    ^f«/^r,  cffefta 
pinguis   nimio  Hordeo, 
lafciviebat      nimia      Pingue- 
dine,  'rnquiens        Secum, 

Equus  fuit  meus  Pater,  ^w/ 
erat  celerr'imus  Curfu,  y 
Ego  fum  fimilis  Ei  per 
Omnia.  Parum  poft  con- 
ti^it,  quod  oportuit  Mulam 
currere  quantum  potuit  ; 
fed  cum  ce//avit  Curfu, 
inquit,  Heu  !  Miferam  Me, 
putabam  Me  cfle  5o- 


0/"a  certain 


A  Certain  Aftf/f,  being  made 
fat  with  too  much  Barley, 
wantoned  with  too  much  Fat- 
nefs,  faying  with  Herfelf, 
A  Horfe  was  my  Father,  Who 
was  fwiftefl  in  the  Race,  an^ 
I  «OT  like  Him  in 
«//  Things.  A  little  a/ter  It  hap- 
pened, that  It  behoved  M«  Mule 
to  run  aj  mur/»  as  She  could  j 
^w/when  She  ceafed  from  Running, 
S/j*  /W,  Alas  !  wretched  Me, 
7f%o  thought  Myfelflo  be  /^  Qf- 
ffring  of  the  Horfe  !  2?w/  now 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP.  143 

memlni          Patrem         fuffi  /  remember  that   my  Father  nuas 

Afinum.  an  Afs. 

MOR.  MOR. 

Fabula    fignificat,      quod  The      Fable     Jignifies,      that 

Stu/ti    non     agnofcunt     Se-  Fools    do      not      know       Them- 

ipfos   in   profperis  ;       fed    in  felves  \nprofperous  Things  ;  but  is 

adverfis     perfape    recognof-  adverfe   Things    very  often  They 

.cunt/ww  Errores.  again  know  their  Errors. 


FABLE     CXCI. 


De  Medico  S3" 
Mortuo. 

QUid am  Med\cus>  Qui 
cur  aver  at  ^grotum, 
Shit  paulo  pq/l  moriebatur, 
aiebat  Illis,  ^i  efferebant 
Funut,  Si  tfte  Vir  abflinu- 
iffet  Vino,  &  fuiflet  uftis 
Clyjltribus,  non  ftiiffet 
mortuus.  Q^nidam  ex  His, 
£>ui  aderant,  ait  Medi- 
co hand  infacete,  Heus, 
Medice,  ifia  Coniilia 
fucrunt  dicenda,  cum  qui- 
bant  prodeffe,  non  nanr,  cum 
•aalent  Nil. 

MOR. 

Fabula  fignificat)  quod 
ttW  Confiliunj  no«  prodt-Jl, 
dare  /^/  eo  Temper e  eft  yW 
deludcrc  Amicurn. 


Of  the  Phyfician  and 
the  dead  Man. 

A  Certain  Pbyfklan,  Who 
^a*/  looked  after  a  fick  Man, 
^Wo  a  little  after  died, 
_/Ji/W  to  Them,  Who  bore  /£e 
Funeral,  If  *£a£  Man  /^a<7  abjlain- 
ed  from  Wine,  anJ  had  ufed 
Clyjlers,  He  would  not  have  been 
dead,  A  certain  One  of  Thefe, 
Who  were  prefent,y«}>.f  to  the  Phy- 
fician not  unwittily,  So  Hot 
Phyfician,  thofe  Counfels 

•were  to  be  told,  when  They  were 
able  to  profit,  not  now,  when 
They  avail  Nothing. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  ftgnificst  that 
when  Counfel  dues  not  profit, 
to  give  If  at  that  Time  is  truly 
to  play  upon  a  Friend. 


FABLE 


144       SELECT  FABLES  OF 
FABLE    CXCII. 


De  Cane  &  Liipo. 

CUM  Cants  dormiret  ante 
Aulam,  J.upus  fuper- 
veniens  Jlaiim  ccpit  Eu<n, 
&  cum  vcllct  cccUere 
Eum,  Cants  orabar, 
ne  occideret  Cum,  inquiens, 
lit  us,  mi  Lupe,  nunc  noli 
occtder  e  Me  ;  tiam,  ut  vides, 
fum  tennis,  g^acilis,  & 
xnacilentus  ;  fed  meus  Ph- 
rus  eft  fa&urus  Nuptias, 
ubi,  fi  expeSnlii  parum, 
Ego  manducans  opipare,  atq; 
f»flus  pingliior,  fro  uti- 
lior  7/&.  Lupus 

kalens  Fidem  /f;/  Verbis 
diaiijit  Canem.  Foft 

paucos  D'MS  Lupus  acccrlcns, 
cura  repeiit  Canem  dbmixi- 
t£in  Dotni,  Jlans  ante 
Aulam,  rogat  Canem,  ut 
fraflaret  Piomifia 

^f.  Cam's  inyuit,  Hens, 
Lupe,  fi  cep'iffes  Me  ante 
Aulam,  ncn  expttia- 


MOR. 

Kzc  Falrula  indicat, 
quod  Sapiens,  cum  femel 
vitavtrit  Pericutum,  con- 
tinue raw/  infutwo. 


Of  the  Dog  W   the  Wolf. 

WHEN  the  Do*  flept  A?/0;v 
the  Hall,  iktWo/f  coming 
upon  Him,  prefehtly  took  ^/CT  ; 
and  <zt'£fn  He  was  willing  /o  Jlay 
Him,  /Zv  Z)cj  befought  Him, 
that  he  'would  n  ot  kill  Him,  Joy  ing  t 
So  Ho,  my  Wolf,  noiu  be  unwilling 
to  till  Me  }  for,  as  you  feer 
I  ana  fear,  lean,  .  a«J 
flender  ;  £K*  my  ATa- 
^r  is  about  to  make  a  Wedding, 
when,  Jf  jo«  -y>j7/'  -wait  a  little, 
/  1  eating  daintily,  and 

^/n^  become  fatter,  (ball  be  more 
advantageous  to  Thee.  The  Wolf 
having  Faith  .  in  /£<•/£  Words 
difm'iffed  the  Dog.  -^/i*r 
a  few  Days  the  Wolf  coming, 
when  ./&•  found  the  Dog  Jltep- 
ing  at  Home,  jlanding  before 
/Z*  //a//,  aflis  //'^  Dog,  tha,t 
would  perform  his  Promifes 
The  Dog  /ay  j,  Hark  ye, 
Wolf,  {{Thou  hailjl  taken  Me  before 
the  Hall,  Thou  ii'ou/ef/i  not  haiv 
e  Wedding  in  -vain. 


MOR. 

This  FabLt  fhows, 

that  0  Itift  Man,  when  ow^ir 
He  hath  avoided  a  Danger,  con- 
tinually takes  Care  for  //•*  future. 


FABLE 


SELECT  FABLES  OF 

FABLE     CXCIII. 


De  Cane  bj  Gallo. 

CAnis    y    Callus    Socii 
faciebant  fier  ;   autem 
Vefperi  fuperveniente, 

Callus  dormiebac  inter  Ra- 
mos Arloris  ;  at  Cants  ad 
Radicem.  Cum  Callus,  "it 
fl^/c/tf,  cantabat  No8u, 
Vulpcs  .audivit  Eum,  accur- 
rit,  Sf.  Jlans  inferius  rogabat, 
Ut  defeenderet  ad  ^f, 
quod  cuptrct  compltdli 
Animal  adeo  commendabilf 
Cantu  ;  auttm,  cum  /r 
dixifTet,  w/  priue  excttaret 
Janicorem  dormentem  ad 
Radicem,  ut  defcende- 
ret,  ciim  ///?  aperuifiet  ; 
///o  quaerente,  w/  vocartt 
Ipfumt  Canis  projiliens 
dilaceravit  F~ulpem. 

MOR. 

Fabula     Jigni/teai,      pru- 
dentes  Homines    roittere  /nx- 


Se, 


potentiores       quam 
jj  foriioiea 


Of  the  Dog  a«</  the  Cock. 

A  Dog  and  a  Cock  Companion! 
made     a     Journey  ;     but 
Evening  coming  on, 

f/><?  Cock  flept  among  the  Bran- 
ches <?/"  a  7"r^  ;  but  the  Dug  at 
/A*  Root'.  When  the  COCK  .?v 
.£fr  ;V  ivont,  crowc<i  /«  //'. 
a  Fox  heard  Him,  runs  i^ 
him,  and  Jianding  below  ajked, 
that  ^iff  would  come  du<uun  to  Him, 
becaufc  He  dejired  to  embrace 
fla  Animal  fo  commendable 
for  Song  ;  £a/,  ;when  /^ 
had  faid,  that  firfl  ^  jlould  wake 
the  Porter  Jleeping  at 
/^  ^?oo/,  that  J7<?  wi/j^/  foaj? 
down,  when  ^?  had  opened  ; 
#,?  alkcd,  /Aaf  He  would  call 
.//zw,  the  Dog  leaping  out 
tore  /£#  Fox. 

MOR. 

The  Fable  fignifiest  that  pru- 
dent JW>«  fend  Ene- 
rr.iss  more  powerful  /Aan 
Themfelves,  to  the  more  brave 
^y  Craft. 


FABLE 


146      SELECT  FABLES  OF 
FABLE     CXCIV. 


De  Ranis. 

DUJERanx  pafcebantur 
is     Palude  ;       attfem 
^Eftate         Palude         ficca- 
ta,  quxrelant  aliara ;    ctterum 
invenerunt  profundum 

Puteum  ;  Quo  vifo,  Altera 
dixit  Altcri,  Heus  Tu, 
defcentfamus  in  hunc 
Puteum  ;  Ilia  refpondens  ait, 
Si  Aqua  amer  it  hie, 
quomodo  afcendemus  ? 


#/"  the  Frogs. 

TWO      Frogs      were      fed 
in         a        Mairti  ;        but 
in  Summer  /ta  Marjb  being  dried 
up,     They    fought    another  J      but 
They  found  a  deep 

Well  ;  Which  being  feen,  One 
faid  fo  the  Other,  So  ho  ?~0«t 
let  us  defccnd  f'n/o  this 
Well  ;  the  Other  anfivering  fays, 
//"  the  Water  Jhould  dry  up  here, 
io-a;  fhall  we  get  up  ? 


•MoR 

MOR. 

Fabula 

declarat, 

quod 

The 

Fable 

declares. 

that 

««//* 

Res 

funt 

agend 

a:  ;«- 

««  Things 

are 

to 

be 

done 

tn- 

confederate. 

coiifiderately. 

FABLE     CXCV. 


De  Leone  &  Urfo. 

LEO    fc?    Urfus, 
cepiflent  magnum 

^iinanlum,  pagtwbant  de  £o, 
&  vulnerati  graviter  « 
feipfis  jacebant  defatigati. 
^a^j,videns  Eos  proftratos, 
£5f  Hinnulum  jacehtem  in 
Media,  rapuit  //a«r,  &  /a- 
j/fis/.  I  Hi  videbant,  fed 
jaw  non  potuerant  furgeret 
dicebant,  Heu  !  mife*os 
Not,  quia  laboravimus 
Vulpf.  ' 


Cf  the    Lion  cW  the  Bear. 

THE  Lion  and  the Bear,-a»6m 
They  had  taken  a  great 
Fawn,  fought  about  Him, 
and  wounded  grievoufly  by 
one  another  they  lay  do-urn  tired. 
A  Fox,  feeing  Them  laid  down, 
and  the  Fawn  /y/nj  in 
the  Middle,  fnatched  Him,  and  ran 
away.  They  fa'w  Him,  but 
becaufe  They  could  not  rife, 
They  faid,  Alas  !  wretched 
Us,  becaufe  We  have  laboured 
for  the  Fox. 


MOR, 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  #!SOP.        14? 


MOR. 

Fabula   ftgnificat, 
tlitm      Alii     laborant, 
potiuntur  Prxda. 


MOR. 

quod         The      Fable     fsnlfiis*      tliac 
Alii     whilft       Some      labour,      Others 
enjoy  the  Prey. 


FABLE     CXCVI. 


De  C, 


CAffita,    capta    Laqueo, 
dicebat  ploraxs,    Hei  ! 
Mihi      mifera      &       infelici, 
non  furripui  Aurum    neque 
Slrgcntam  cujufquatn  ; 

autem    Granum    Tritici    fuit 
Caufa  meae  Mortis. 

MOR. 

Fabula  tendlt  in  Eos, 
Qui  fobeunt  magtium  Peri- 
culum  ob  inutile  Lucrum. 


Of  the  LARK. 

THE  Lark,  taken  in  a  Snare, 
yi«/  lamenting*  Alas  ! 
to  Me  miferable  and  unhappy  , 
I  have  not  taken  away  fta  Go/J  nor 
?ta  Silver  of  any  One  ; 
^af  a  Grain  <?/  Wheat  has  been 
/£«  Caufe  of  my  Death. 


MOR. 

The  Fable  toH/r  to 
Who  undergo  great 
^fr  for  unprofitable  Gain. 


.Dan- 


FABLE     CXCVII. 

De  Leone  confeffo  Senio.       0/"the  Lion  'worn  out  with  Age. 

WHcntkeLion  was  grown  old, 
nor  could  get  his  Liv- 
ing, He  contrived  a  Way, 
how  ProviRonsJbouIJnot  lie  wanting 
to  Him.  Therefore  having  entered 
the  Den,  lying  down,  He  feign- 
ed Himfclf  vehemently  to  be  fick. 
The  living  Creatures,  thinking  Him 
verily  to  be  Jick,  went 
to  Him  for  the  5a^of  vifiting  Him; 
Whom  the  Lion  taking  can 
up  J*nsfy'  When 

now 

u 


CUM  Leo  fenuiffet, 
nee  poflet  qvsrere  Vic- 
tum}  machinabatur  Viam, 
qui  Alimenta  hand  deeffent 
Sibi.  Igitur  ingreffus 
Speluncam,  jacens,  Jimula- 
bat  Se  vehementer  segrotare. 
Animalia^  putantia  Se 
vere  <egrotare,  accedebant 
ad  Eum  Gratia  vifitandi  ; 
Qyie  Leo  capiens  mandu- 
cabat  ftngvlaiim.  Cam 
jam 


148       SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ESOP. 


jam  occidiflet  multa  Ani- 
malia,  Vulpes,  Arte  Lecms 
cognita,  accedens  ad  Adi- 
tum  Speluocaci  ftans  exte- 
nts, regal  Leonem  quomodo 
valcret.  Leo  refpondens 
blandl  Ei  alt,  Filia 
Futyes,  cur  nan  ingrederit 
Intro  ad  Me  ?  fu/pts  aitnon 
illepide,  Quoniam,  mi 
Iferet  cerno  equidem  perplu- 
ra  Vejligia  Animalium  tn- 
grrdientiunij  fed  nulla  Ve- 
ftigia  Eorum  egredientium. 


nciu  He  had  killed  md.'jy  A  pi- 
rn als,  The  Fox,  the  Art  of  the  Lion 
being  known,  coming  to  .>£<•  En- 
trance of  the  Cwe,J}anding  with- 
out, <7,#.r  the  Lion  how 
He  did.  7"/6<;  jL/on  anfwering 
fairly  to  Him  y^/W,  Daughter 
Fox,  why  //£/?  716 OM  not  enter 
in  fo  Me  ?  7*^  AA-  faid  no/ 
unwlttily,  Becaufe,  my 

Majler,  I  perceive  indeed 'v 'ery  ma- 
ny Footjleps  of  Animals  f/:^r- 
/"/;£  /«,  but  no  Foot- 
fleps  o/"  7/5»fm  coming  out. 


MOR.  MOR. 

Fabula    Jignificat,     quod         The       Fable     Ji£n>fi 

prudcns    Horiio,     £>ui    pro-  a     prudent     Man,       /W 

videt     immincntia     Pericula,  fees  imminent 

facile  devitat  Ilia.  eaftly  avoids  Them. 


><7      fore- 
Dangers, 


FABLE     CXCVIII. 


De  Leone  ^  Tauro. 

LEO  fsquens  ingentem 
Taurum  per  InJiJias, 
cum  accejjit  prope,  vocavit 
Eum  ad  Coenam,  inquiens, 
Amice,  occidl  Ovem, 
canabit  Mecurn  lodie,  ft 
placet  Tibi.  Pojiquam 
difcubuiffent,  Taurus 

confpicicns  plures  Lebetcs, 
<5?  Obeli  fcos  faratos,  & 
adeffi  nullam  Ovfm  Illi, 
volutt  dccederc  ;  Quern 
Leo  pfrfpiciens  jam  abeitn- 
1cmt  rogavit,  cur  abiret. 
Taartu  rtfpondit, 


0/"thc  Lion  end  the  Bull. 

ALTON  following    a    great 
^w//          by  Treachery, 

\vhen  //<?  famr  nrar,  invited 
Him  /0  Supper,  faying* 
Friend,  /  have  killed  a  Sheep, 
You  /ball  f up  with  Me  To- Day,  if 
//  pleafes  You.  y&  yoo«  a-f 
They  had  fat  down,  the  Bull 
feeing  iwa«y  Cauldrons, 

and         Spits          readyy  and 

f£a/  /^r<f  wjj  no  S'/fw/  for  Him, 
•waf  willing  to  depart  ;  Wham 
the  Liunferceiving  novt  going  awayt 
afked  Him,  w-^y  He  would  go. 
The  Bull  aufwercd,  Tru>, 
I  do 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  1ZSOP.       14$ 


non  abeo  de  Nihilo, 
cum  videam  Injlrumenta 
pa  rat  a  non  ad  coquendum 
Ovcm,  fed  Taurum. 


I  do  not  go  away  for  Nothing, 
•when  I  fee  Injlntments 
prepared  not  to  drrfs 
a  Sheep,  but  a  Bull. 


MOR. 

Fabula    fi^nificat, 
Art  a        improborum 
latent  prudeutes. 

quod 

non 

MOR. 

The       Fable     fignlfies, 
the    Arts   of  the    Wicked 
lie  hid  from  the  prudent. 

that 

da  not 

FABLE     CXCIX. 


De  JEgroto    fcf    Me- 
dico. 

7}7GER,  rogatus  a 
•**-'  Medico  de  fud 
Salute,  rffpondit,  Se 
fuddjfe  violcnter  ;  Medi- 
cus ait,  Id  fuifle  bonum  ; 
rogatus  ab  eodem  Medico 
fecundo,  quomodo  invenie- 
bat  Se,  ./Egrotus  intuit, 
Se  fui//e  comprenfum  ve- 
hcmtnti  Frigore  :  Msdlcus 
quoque  aitt  Id  fore  ad 
Salutem.  Interrogatus 

tcrtio  ab  eodem,  quomodo 
rcperiebat  Se,  JEgrotus 
inquity  Se  non  potvijje 
iligerere  fine  magna  Dijji- 
cultate.  Medicus  ait  rurfus, 
Id  fulfle  optimum  ad 
Salntem  ;  deinde,  cvm 
Oiiidaro  Domejlicorum 

interrogaret  JEgrotum, 

quomodo    valeret,     ait     life, 
tit      Medicus       ait,        funt 
Mihi    multa  &.   optima  Signa 
ad 


Of  the  Sick  Man  and  the  Phy- 

fician. 

THE  Sick  Man  leing  afied by 
the  Phyftcian  about  his 
Health,  anftoered,  That  he 
had  fiucated  violently  ;  the  Phy- 
fie'ian  fays,  that  That  was  good  \ 
aflced  by  the  fame  Pbjfician 
a  fecond  time,  how  He  found 
Himfelf,  the  fick  Man  faid, 
that  He  it) as.  fo'zcd  -with  a  vehe- 
ment Coldnefs  ;  The  Phyftcian 
alfo  fays,  that  That  was  for 
his  '  Health.  Aflted 

a  third  time  by  /&?  fame,  liow 
imfelf,  flfe  /^  ^/?« 
that  He  ivas  not  all? 
to  digeft  without  great  Diffi' 
culty.  The  Phyficianyi/)^  again, 
/Aa/  T/fa/  was  the  bejl  for 
A/V  Health  ;  afterwards,  when 
fome  One  of  his  Dome/licks 
aflced  the  ftck  Man, 

how  ^  didj  fays  //<?, 
as  /^ff  Phyftcian  fays,  //1/rr^  /?r^ 
to  Me  many  and  ^  ^  Signs 


150      SELECT  FABLES  OF  JESOP. 

ad    Salutem,     (amen    difpc-    for       Health,       yet         I 
reo  illls  SJgnis.  rifh  by  thofe  Signs. 


pc- 


MOR.  MOR. 

Falula     indicat,     dffenta-  The   Fable  /how«,   that  Flatter- 

res  efle  culpandos.  trs  art  to  be  blamed. 


FABLE     CC. 

Be  quodam  LICNATORE.         Of  a   certain  WOOD-CUTTER. 


DUM  quidam  Ligna- 
tor  fcindebat  Lignum 
juxta  Flumen,  dicatum  Deo 
'  Merc  ur'io,  Securis  Cafu 
decidit  in  Flumen.  Igitur 
affe&us  tna'fo  Mcerore, 
conjidebat  getnens  juxta 
Ripam  F/umints.  Mer- 
curius,  motus  Mifericordia, 
apparuit  Lignario,  & 
rogavit  Caufam  fui  Fletus  ; 
£>uam  fimul  ac  didicit, 
afferent  aurearn  Securim, 
rogavit,  utrum  eflet 

Ilia,  Quam  perdiderat.  At 
Pauper  negavit  efle 

fiiam.  Secundo  Mercurius 
detulit  alteram,  argenieani  ; 
Quam,  cum  Pauper 

ntgaret  quoque  ejfe  fuam, 
pojlremo  Mercurius  detullt 
ligneam  ;  cum  Pau- 
per ajjent'iret,  Illam  ejfe 
fuam,  Mercurius,  cognofcens 
Ilium  efle  Hominem  verum 
df  juftum,  dedit  Omnes  Sibi 
Dono.  Igitur  Ligna- 
rius,  accedens  ad  Socios, 
declarat  Quid  acciderat 


WHILST  a  certain  Wood- 
Cutter  cleaved  Wood 
near  a  River,  dedicated  to  the  God 
Mercury,  his  Ax  by  chance 
fell  into  the  River.  Therefore 
afFeded  -with  much  Grief, 
fie  fat  down  fighing  near 
the  Bank  of  the  River.  Mer- 
cury, moved  with  Pity, 
appeared  to  the  Wood-Cutter,  and 
flj&r/the  Caufc  of  his  Weeping  ; 
Which  as  foon  as  He  learnt, 
bringing  to  him  a  golden  Axt 
He  afked,  Whether  It  was 
That,  Which  be  had  loft.  But 
the  poor  Man  denied  that  it  was 
his.  A  fecond  Time  Mercury 
brought  another,  a  Jilver  One  ; 
Which,  tulen  the  poor  Man 
denied  alfo  to  be  his, 
at  laH  Mercury  reached 
the  wooden  One  ;  when  the  Poor 
Man  agreed,  that  That  was 
his,  Mercury,  knowing 

Him  to  be  a  Man  true 
ajrfjuft,  ^avf  Them  All  /<?  Him 
for  a  Gift.  Therefore  the  Wood- 
Cutter,  coming  to  A/V  Companions^ 
declares  /f&tf  had  happened 
to  Him. 


SELECT  FABLES  OF  ^SOP.        i$t 


Sibi*  Unus  e  Sociis 
vo/ens  experiri  Id,  cum 
acce/ji/fet  ad  F/utsen,  dtjecit 
Securim  in  Aquam^  deinde 
confedit  flens  in  Ripa  ; 
Caufam  Cnjus  F lei  us  cunt 
Mercurtus  audiviffct,  ajfe- 
rens  auream  Sfcurim,  rogavit, 
Illane  eflet,  Quam 

perdiderat  :  Quam,  cum 
ajfereret  effc  fuarn,  Mer- 
curius,  ejus  Irapudenlia  cog- 
nit  a,  nee  tradidit  Ei 
auream,  nee  fuam. 

MOR. 

Fabula  fignificai,  quod 
quanta  Deus  ty?  propi- 
tior  Probis,  exiftit  M/<> 
j^/or  Improbis. 


/'?  /('/m.  One  o/~  his  Companions 
•willing  to  try  //,  when 
/^ir  came  to  /ta  Rruer,  threw 
bis  Ax  into  */><;  Watcr>  then 
#<•  y/7<  weeping  on  the  Bank  ; 
the  Coa/fofWhofe  Weeping  when 
Mtrcary  had  heard,  bring- 
ing a  golden  y^.v,  He  afked, 
7^/Arr  r/^/  was  It,  /TAwA 
He  had  loft  :  Which,  when 
/^  afferted  to  be  /for  own,  Mer- 
cury, his  Impudence  being 
known,  neither  delivered  to  Him 
the  golden  One.,  nor  his  own, 

MOR. 

The  Fflble  jlgnifia^  tiiat 
by  hotv  much  God  w  jtnorc  propi- 
tious to  the  Honejl,  He  is  the  mare 
injcjluous  to  the  Wicked. 


FABLE      CCI. 


Medico,   Qui 
Infanos. 


ciuabat 


P  Lures  cottaquclanlur  de 
fuperfivd  Cura  Ecrum, 
Qui  alunt  Cartes,  ad  Aucu- 
pium.  Quidam  ex  lis 
inquit,  Stultus  Mediolani 
rifit  /f'oj  refte,  C'ww 
Pabula  pofctretur,  inquit, 
Fuit  Medic  us,  Ci-vis  Medio- 
lani, £>ui  fufcipiebat 
fanare  infanos,  delates  ad  Se 
intra  cerium  Tempos  : 
autsm  Curatio  erat  hujus 
Modi  ;  habebat  Domi 
Aream,  $5*  in  ed  Lacunam 
f&tidx 


Of  the  Phyfician,     Who  cured 
tie  Mad. 


MANY  tetf«/  of 

the  fuperfluousCart  of  Them, 
Who  feed  -Dogs  for  Fowl- 
ing. A  certain  Man  o/"  Them 
fays,  The  Fool  o/"  Med'tolanum 
kughed  at  Thefe  rightly.  When 
the  Story  was  demanded.  He  faid, 
There  <was  a  Phyfician,  a  Citizen 
of  Mediolanum,  Who  undertook 
to  cure  the  Mad,  brought  to  Hint 
within  a  certain  Time  : 
tut  the  Cure  was  of  this 
Manner  ;  He  had  at  Hnmc 
a  Court,  and  in  i/  a  Pon-.l 


152       SELECT  FABLES  OF 


fetlde  Aqi:je,  in  Qua 
ligavit  Eos  nudos  ad 
Paiurr.,  Alios  ;ifq;  ad  Genua, 
Aiios  vfque  ad  Vent  r  em  t 
Nonnullos  profunJius,  fe- 
cuiidiino  Gradum  Infaniae  ; 
ac  tamdiu  macerabat  Eos 
jlqud,  quoad  viderentur 
fani  Mente.  Quidam 

eft  aJlaius  inter  Cdieros, 
Quem  fofu'it  in  Equant 
uique  ^  Femur,  £hti  coc- 
pit  rejipifcere  poft  quindecim 
Dies,  £5*  rogare  yimrn  Me- 
dicum,  vt  rcduceretur 
em  Aqua  ;  Ille  exemit 
fiominem  a  Crucialtt,  tarn  en 
ca  Conditioae,  ne  egrede- 
retur  Aream.  Cum 

paruiffet  aliquot  Dicbus, 
pcrmifit,  vt  perambula- 
rct  Mam  Domnm  ;  at 
ut  nan  egrtderetur  exterio- 
rem  Tanuam  ;  (Sociis, 
Qui  erant  multi,  rellfiis  in 
Aqua  ;)  paruit  Manda- 
te Medici  di/igen- 
ter  ;  vero  JIans  fuper  Li- 
men  quouam  Temfore  ;  (nam 
non  audelat  egredi,)  vldit 
Juvenem  vsnisr.tcm  in  Equo 
cum  duobus  Canibus,  b5 
Accipitre  ;  motus  Novi- 
tate  Rei  ;  (etcnim  non  tene- 
bat  Memoria 
Quf  viderat 
ante  Infaniam  ;  cum 
jfuvcnis  accefliflet,  Ille 
inquit,  Ifevs,  TH,  oro,  re- 
fponde  Mini  paucis  :  Quid 
ejl  Hoc,  §>UQ  vehe- 
fit  ?  Intuit,  eft  Equus. 
Turn 


tif  Jlinking  Water,  in.  Which 
He  bound  Them  naked  to 
a  Stake,  Some  up  to  the  Knees, 
Others  up  to  the  Belly, 
fome  more  deeply,  accord- 
ing t-j  the  Degree  of  Madnefs  ; 
and  fo  long  He  jlarved  Them 
in  the  Water,  till  They  feemed 
found  in  Mind.  A  certain  Man 
•was  brought  among  the  Reft* 
Whom  He  p-ut  into  the  Water 
up  to  the  Thigh  ;  Who  be- 
gan to  repent  after  fifteen 
Days,  and  to  alk  his  Phy- 
fkian,  that  He  might  be  brought 
cut  of  the  Water  ;  He  took  out 
/i6^  jlfian  from  the  Torment,  yet 
on  that  Condition,  that  He  Jhould 
not  go  out  of  the  Court.  When 
He  had  obeyed  fome  Days, 
He  permitted,  that  He  might 
walk  over  the  'whole  Hotife  ;  lut 
that  hejlouldnet  go  out  of  the  out- 
ward -Gate  ;  (his  Companions, 
Who  were  many,  being  left  in 
f£r  Water  ;)  He  obeyed  //6<r  COOT- 
mandi  of  the  Phyfician  diligent' 
ly  ;  but  flanding  upon  /ta  Thre/h- 
cld  on  a  certain  TiW  ;  (for 
/^  did  net  dare  to  go  out,)  ffefavf 
a  Young  Man  coming  on  «  Horff 
with  /wo  Dog?,  a«</ 

a  Hawk  ;  moved  with  the  No- 
velty c/"/£f  Thing;  [forfffduf  not 
retain  in  Memory 

A&*  T/&OT^/  7f*/rA  He  had  feen 
before  his  Madnefs  ;}  \vhen 
/i6f  Toung  Man  came  near,  //ir 
fa  id,  So  ho,  You,  /  /»rsj,  an- 
fwcr  Me  in  a  few  Things  :  What 
is  This,  en  Which  Thou  art  car- 
ried ?  &7y/  /&,  It  is  a  Horff. 
Then 


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'53 


Tum  de'wceps,  Q^id  voca- 
tur  Hoc,  Quod  geftas 
Manu,  St.  in  qua  Re 
uteri's  ?  fife  refpondit, 
eft  Accipitcr,  &?  aptus 
Captui  Perdicum. 

Tum  In  fan  us  petit,  & 
Hi,  C^ui  comitantur  Te, 
Qui  i'unt,  £5*  Quid 
profunt  Tibi  ?  J?;V, 

Sunt  Canes,  &  0/>/i  Au- 
cupio,  ad  invettigandum 
Jives.  Autem  hoe  Aves, 
Caufd  capiendi  Quas 
paras  tot  Res, 

cujus  Pretii  funt,  fi  con~ 
feras  Capturam  totius 
Ann!  in  tinum  ?  £KOT  re- 
fpondiflet  parvum,  nefcio 
quid,  &  quod  non  ex- 
cederet  fex  Aureos,  Infanus 
rogat,  Quanam  fit  Impenfa 
Equi,  Canum,  & 

Acctpitris  ?  afHrmavit  7re- 
penfam  Eorum  ejfe  quotan- 
nis  quinqitaginta  Aureos. 
Tum  admiratus  Slultitiam 
Juvenis,  inquit,  oro, 
alt  bine  ocyus,  antequam 
Medicus  rcdeat  Domum  ; 
nam  ft  Hie  compererit  Te, 
conjiciet  Te  IB  fuam 
Lacunam,  veluti  infani/Ji- 
mum  Omnium,  to"  collo- 
cabit  Te  in  ^j«a  ufque  ad 
Mentucn. 

MOR. 

Hzc  Fabula  oftendit, 
multas  Infanias  effe  quotidie 
inobftrv&u* 


Then  afterwards,  What  is  call' 
ed  This,  Whuh  thou  beared 
on  thine  Hand,  and  in  what  TTwtf 
doft  thou  ufe  it  ?  He  anfwered, 
it  it  a  Hawk,  and  fit 
for  the  catching  of  Partridges. 
then  the  Madman  ajks,  and 
TAefe,  That  accompany  Thee, 
/irAaf  are  they,  an^/  What 
do  they  profit  to  Thee  ?  He  fays, 
They  are  Dogs,  and  ./fr  for  Fowl- 
ing, to  trace 
ftfe  Birds.  But  ft&^fc  Birds, 
/or  the  Saka  of  catching  /^"A/VA 
You  prepare  fo  many  Things, 
of  what  Price  are  They,  if  Ton 
put  together  the  Catching  of  a  whole 
Year  into  one  ?  When%\£  had  an* 
fvvered  a  little,  I  know  not 
what,  and  </W  it  could  not  ex« 
ceed  ^w  Guineas,  the  Madman 
afks,  /fAa/  may  be  the  Expence 
of  the  Horfe,  of  the  Dogs,  and 
oftheHawk?  He  affirmed  theEx- 
pence  of  Them  /o  ^  year- 
ty  ^/"<y  Guineas. 
TA^o  having  admired  /A*  ^"o/^ 
of  the  Young  Mzn,fayshe,  I  pray, 
jfo  hence  quickly,  before  that 
the  Phyftcian  return  Home ; 
for  //•  He  Jhould  Jind  Thee, 
/rV  tuill  throw  Thee  /«/<?  his 
Pond,  as  /A*  wo^ 
wff^  of  all  Men,  and  He  will 
place  Thee  in  //fc  Water  up  /o 
the  Chin. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  fliows. 

many     MadnefTes     to     be    daily 

anci/Jrrw*^. 

FABLE 


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FABLE     CCII. 


JDf  obflinata    Muliere,   $>u<e 
vocavit  Virum  pedicirlofum. 

QUffidarn  Mulier,  fupra 
Modum-  contraria  yi- 
ro,  ua  ut  vellet  fffe  fupe- 
rior,  femel  in  gravi  Alter- 
catione  cum  Eo  vocavit 
Eum  pedicuiofum.  Ille,  ut 
retra&uret  iUud  Verbum, 
contun&bat  Uxoretn,  ex  Jens 
Illaru  Pugtris  &  Calcibus. 
Quo  magis  caedebatur, 
eo  plus  •vocavit  Illunar 
pedicutofum.  Vir  tandem 
laffus  verier ando  lllam> 
ut  fuperaret  Pertina- 
ciam  Uxoris,  dimifit 

in  Flumen  per  Funero, 
dicens,  .,  Se  fuffocaturum 
Earn,  ft  non  abftineret 
fa/i'iaj  Verbis.  Ilia  per- 
ilabat  n/>6<Vo  minus  cottti- 
tiuare  Jllud  ferbutn,  quam- 
•vis  fixa  ufqae  ad  Mentum 
in  Aqua.  7am  Vir 
demerfit  Earn  in  Flumen, 
it  a  ut  non  pojjlt  loqui 
amplius,  tentans  Ji  pofiet 
attertere  Earn  a  Pertinaciu 
Timor  e  Mortis.  At  Ilia, 
Facultate  loquendi  ademp- 
td,  exprimebat  Digitis, 
Quod  nequibat  Ore  : 
Nam,  Manibus  ereclis  fupra 
Caput,  Unguibus  utriufqite 
Poll  ic  is  conjuncJis,  dcdit 
quod  Opprobrium  fotuit 
Viro,  Mo  Geftu. 
MOR. 

Haec  Fabula  indicat,  quod 
Quidani  retinebunt  fuamPerti- 
naciam  etiam  Pericuh Mortis. 
F      I 


Of  the    obftin,ate    Woman,     Who 
called  her   Hujbqnd  loufy. 

A  Certain  Woman,  above 
meafure  cont-nry  to  her  Huf- 
band,  fo  that  (he  would  be  upper - 
molt,  once  in  a  heavy  Quar- 
rel wit  A  Hirrt  called 
Him  loufy.  He,  that 
She  might  ret  raft  that  Word, 
bruifed  his  Wife,  e  eating 
Her  «/«VA  AM  Fifii  and  J7^//. 
By  how  mucht/jeincrefht  was  beaten 
^y_/o  macA  the  morey£<?  ra//f</Him. 
/oa/r.  The  Man  at  length 
tired  w/V>6  beating  Her, 
//j<?/  He  might  overcome  the  Ob- 
Jlinacy  of  his  Wife,  let  her  down 
into  a  River  by  a  Rope, 
faytng>  t^3*  He  would  fuffocatc 
Her,  r/"  She  would  not  abftaia 
from  fuch  Words.  She  per- 
fifted  in  nothing  the  lefs  to  conti- 
nue that  Word*  al- 
tho'  jSjc^J  up  to  the  Chin 
•  «*  the  Water.  Then  the  Man 
pJunged  Her  t«/a  the  River, 
fo  that  iS^f  rouW  «o#  fpeak 
more,  trying  if  He  could 
avert  Her  _/fW»  her  Obftinacy 
by  the  Fear  of  Death.  But  She, 
*A*  Faculy  of  fpcaking  ^/n^-  /a^f« 
away,  expreflfed  with  her  Fingers, 


For,  her  Hands  being  raifed  above 
her  Head,  the  Nails  of  each 
Thumb  being  joined,  She  gave 
what  Reproach  She  could 
to  her  Hufband,  by  that  Gefture. 

MOR. 

This  Fable  mows,  that 
Some  will  retain  their  Obfti- 
nacy even  at  the  Hazard  of  Death. 
N  I  S. 


Quid*. 
naciam  e tiara  JL 


